The physique discovered Monday within the San Antonio River downtown has been recognized as 21-year-old Zion Prepare dinner, in line with the San Antonio Police Division.
Police responded after receiving a report of a physique within the water alongside the River Stroll. Prepare dinner’s physique was recovered round 12:17 p.m. Monday, close to the 100 block of Villita Avenue, simply east of the Bexar County Courthouse.
Prepare dinner had been reported lacking by his household two days earlier, on June 28. Based on the incident report, his household advised officers they final noticed or heard from him that day and grew involved when he stopped answering his telephone — one thing they mentioned was uncommon for him.
The Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Workplace took custody of the physique and has not but decided the trigger or method of demise. The workplace mentioned these findings might take days or even weeks, relying on the kind of testing and stories being carried out.
San Antonio police say the investigation stays ongoing.
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