{"id":263255,"date":"2026-04-23T20:26:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T20:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/263255\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T20:26:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T20:26:08","slug":"body-found-in-creek-in-jones-county-under-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/263255\/","title":{"rendered":"Body found in creek in Jones County under investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NUGENT, Texas \u2014 Authorities are investigating after a body was found Wednesday late-afternoon in the Brazos River in Nugent, Texas.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said the body is believed to be a male from Abilene in his late teens to early 20s, but the victim\u2019s identity has not been released.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"{p}Authorities are investigating after a human body was found Wednesday afternoon in a creek in Jones County. (KTXS\/ Tavish Leffall){\/p}\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/68ce11bc-249f-44a8-801b-8fad3596179a-Screenshot20260423103859.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Authorities are investigating after a human body was found Wednesday afternoon in a creek in Jones County. (KTXS\/ Tavish Leffall)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ktxs.com\/news\/local\/20-year-old-abilene-man-found-in-lake-fort-phantom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">RELATED | UPDATE: 20-year-old Abilene man found dead in Lake Fort Phantom identified<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Jones County Sheriff\u2019s Office said dispatch received a call just before 5 p.m. Wednesday about a possible deceased person near FM 600 and County Road 303.<\/p>\n<p>The Texas Department of Public Safety said the body was discovered by a local resident who was fishing.<\/p>\n<p>Multiple agencies, including Texas Parks and Wildlife, the Texas Rangers, and Abilene Police Department, responded to the scene.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"No further details were immediately available as the investigation continues. (KTXS\/ Tavish Leffall)\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/74ac3bac-bf05-478d-9a50-a5b2e9c5c0fd-Screenshot20260423103926.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>No further details were immediately available as the investigation continues. (KTXS\/ Tavish Leffall)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ktxs.com\/news\/local\/abilenes-police-investigating-body-found-on-the-south-side-of-abilene\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">RELATED | Police investigate after woman&#8217;s body discovered near tracks at S. 27th and Elm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The body has been sent for an autopsy, with results still pending.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities have not said how long the body may have been in the creek or what led to the death.<\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>JOIN THE CONVERSATION (1)<\/p>\n<p>No further details were immediately available as the investigation continues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NUGENT, Texas \u2014 Authorities are investigating after a body was found Wednesday late-afternoon in the Brazos River in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":263256,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-263255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=263255"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263255\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/263256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=263255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=263255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}