{"id":93127,"date":"2025-12-18T18:45:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T18:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/93127\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T18:45:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T18:45:10","slug":"body-matching-missing-kayaker-recovered-from-marine-creek-lake-in-fort-worth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/93127\/","title":{"rendered":"Body Matching Missing Kayaker Recovered From Marine Creek Lake In Fort Worth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A body matching the description of a missing kayaker was recovered on Wednesday evening from Marine Creek Lake in Fort Worth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/news\/body-recovered-during-kayaker-search-marine-creek-lake\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:discovery;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">discovery<\/a> came after a three-day search operation. The Tarrant Regional Water District announced the recovery at approximately 5:45 p.m., though officials stopped short of confirming the identity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The body was transferred to the Tarrant County Medical Examiner for official identification. No name has been released pending notification of family members.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The search began Monday night when a friend discovered the kayaker\u2019s abandoned truck and kayak at Marine Creek East boat ramp. The friend immediately called 911 to report the concerning find.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Search teams deployed sonar technology throughout Monday, locating personal belongings and a paddle belonging to the missing person. Operations were suspended late that evening due to darkness.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">By Tuesday morning, the Texas Game Wardens assumed control of the investigation. This transfer follows standard protocol when significant time passes in missing person cases on waterways.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Tarrant Regional Water District Law Enforcement Division led initial search efforts. Multiple agencies coordinated resources throughout the multi-day operation at the popular Fort Worth recreation area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Marine Creek Lake <a href=\"https:\/\/www.trwd.com\/marine-creek-lake\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:span;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">span<\/a>s approximately 250 acres in northwest Fort Worth. The reservoir serves as both a water source and a recreational destination for area residents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A body matching the description of a missing kayaker was recovered on Wednesday evening from Marine Creek Lake&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":93128,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117,43014,43633,43015,3831,43635,43634,13196],"class_list":["post-93127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news","tag-marine-creek-lake","tag-marine-creek-lake-image","tag-missing-kayaker","tag-missing-person","tag-search-operation","tag-tarrant-county-medical-examiner","tag-tarrant-regional-water-district"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93127","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=93127"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93127\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}