'(The) bulk of the rain fell on (July) 1-3 and partially on (July 4), which resulted in the river beginning to peak into (July 4),' Boucher said.

MORE: A look back at catastrophic floods that swamped Texas In the days before Escobedo's death was when the area was the wettest, he said. When Escobedo was reported missing, there was not 'a whole lot of rain' that day, said Trevor Boucher, National Weather Service meteorologist, Tuesday. Escobedo's death was one of 114 to occur across the state in rivers and lakes in 2015.

Officials found no evidence of foul play and on July 13, an autopsy ruled his cause of death to be drowning. “He had expired and fallen face-first over the sandy outcropping,” the report said, adding that his body was lodged in the quicksand from his feet to the bottom of his buttocks. The following day, Game Wardens Kevin Fagg and William Zappe searched the San Antonio River by boat and found Escobedo’s body lodged in quicksand, 350 yards upstream from the bridge where he parked his car. RELATED: Teenage boy dies from accidental drowning at Hamilton Pool, officials say On July 10, three days after Escobedo went missing, a helicopter supplied by the Texas Department of Safety flew from the Highway 239 bridge to the U.S. There was no indication Escobedo had gone fishing or camping just by looking at his vehicle, according to the report, and it didn’t seem he like met someone and left with them, leaving his car behind. Will Johnson, of the Karnes City Police Department, wrote in the incident report. “He was known to access the river in the Falls City area, but it is possible he went swimming and did not return to his vehicle,” Lt. MORE: San Antonio man who died saving teens from Medina River dam was a decorated Marine Corps vet Inside, authorities found Escobedo's glasses and shoes that were confirmed to be his the next day.Įscobedo’s family told officials the 50-year-old often took to swimming alone in the river. Officials found a blue Mercury sedan parked on the east side of the Highway 239 bridge over the San Antonio River. On July 8, police received a call reporting a light blue car had been parked underneath the San Antonio River Bridge in Goliad County for several days, according to a Goliad County Sheriff’s Office incident report obtained by. Jose Rey Escobedo, who was 50 at the time of his death, was reported missing Jaround 10 a.m., two days after he picked up a prescription. RELATED: Deadliest rivers, lakes in Texas

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