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July 14, 2008
At approximately 10:00 pm Saturday evening July 12, 2008 Wise County Sheriff’s
Dispatch was notified by Texas Department of Parks & Wildlife Game Warden
Chris Dowdy of a possible drowning occurring on a private lake just off Jay
Kelley Lane near the Wise – Montague County line.
Wise County Sheriff’s Deputies were dispatched to the scene along with
Wise County Investigator Jerry
Demoss. Once on the scene
Investigators, through the witnesses accounts determined that around 8:00 pm on
Saturday July 12, 2008 Gonzalo Salazar Rodriguez with two other family members
had been fishing on a small John boat in the
private lake. While fishing Rodriguez stood up to reel in his line causing
the boat to cap-size. All three
individuals were able to get up on top of the over turned boat. According to one of the involved witnesses they were stranded
on the top of the boat for over an hour. Then
Rodriguez decided to swim for shore in an effort to get help for those remaining
on the over turned boat due to darkness approaching.
As he swam to shore he disappeared.
An attempt to find Rodriguez
was made that night and then postponed until 6:00 am the next morning (Sunday
July 13, 2008) when it would resume. Divers
from the Alvord Fire Department found the deceased approximately 75 to 100 feet
from the shoreline. Wise County
Justice of the Peace Judge Mark Autry pronounced the victim deceased at the
scene. The victim was identified as
Gonzalo Salazar Rodriguez W/M Dob 01/27/1973 from Dallas, Texas. Jones funeral home transported the deceased to the Dallas
County Medical Examiners office for an autopsy.
Assisting WCSO was Wise & Montague County Game Wardens, Bowie Fire
Department, Alvord Fire Department, Sunset Fire Department. |
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