Body found in Lady Bird Lake; police believe it could be missing paddleboarder

Body found in Lady Bird Lake: Austin police update

FULL NEWS CONFERENCE: The Austin Police Department is investigating after a body was found in Lady Bird Lake. APD says the body was found in the water in the 200 block of South Lamar Boulevard.

AUSTIN, Texas - The Austin Police Department is investigating after a body was found in Lady Bird Lake.

The backstory:

APD says the body was found in the water around Riverside Drive and South Lamar Boulevard.

At around 7 a.m., police say a person called 9-1-1 to report that they saw the body near the Butler Hike and Bike Trail.

Body in Lady Bird Lake: APD investigating

The Austin Police Department says a body found in Lady Bird Lake could be a paddleboarder who went missing on June 1. FOX 7 Austin's Jessica Rivera has an update.

Police say it is a man's body that was recovered.

There was no trauma to the body and police say there is no foul play suspected.

What's next:

APD says it is determining if it is the body of a paddleboarder who went missing on June 1. The paddleboarder was reported missing by his family and, despite search efforts, was not found. 

A preliminary investigation into his disappearance shows that the teenager was with his family on kayaks and paddleboards in the lake. The teen got out of his kayak to stand in shallow water; however, investigators say that he was not wearing a life jacket and had unknowingly been standing near an underwater shelf.

Underwater shelves are a sudden drop-off in the lake, and the teen either stepped or slipped off and did not resurface. 

His kayak was later recovered with his life jacket and backpack still on it.

Police say the person who was found in the lake was wearing the same clothes as the missing paddleboarder, but identification is still pending.