Overview

• Juan Omar Chaidez, an off-duty Dallas Fire-Rescue firefighter paramedic with over six years of service, went missing Saturday after his kayak overturned.
• Deputies deployed patrol units, drones, dive teams, support crews from multiple agencies from Saturday morning through Monday.
• Search operations were hampered for two days by high winds, submerged trees, strong currents.
• Chaidez’s dog was rescued in good health, reunited with family members.
• Officials closed Bratonia Park pending an investigation into the circumstances of Chaidez’s death.