Thurs. Evening –
Searchers found a body inside the pickup recovered Thursday afternoon from the Pecan Bayou. The body, believed to be Susan Smith of Mills County, was sent to Tarrant County Medical Examiner Office for identification.
2:30 pm Thursday
Searchers have found the pickup swept away at 10 Mile Crossing in southern Brown County. Here is the news release from David Creed, Brown Co. Emergency Management.
The Brown County Office of Emergency Management announced today that the search for a missing pickup truck, reportedly swept away in swift water on May 12th has located the vehicle. Two of the truck’s occupants were able to escape as the truck sank in swift water. A third occupant, the focus of the search, was believed to still be inside the truck.
The Nissan Frontier pickup, swept away by high water at County Rd 257 and 10 Mile Crossing on Pecan Bayou has been missing for 18 days as Texas Department of Parks and Wildlife game wardens led the search for the missing woman with all-terrain vehicles, boats, helicopters, and unmanned drones.
“Having located the truck, our next step is to secure the truck and then remove it from the water,” Brown County Emergency Management Coordinator David Creed said. “Texas Parks and Wildlife recovery divers will make a scene assessment and prepare the truck for removal from the water. This is made significantly more difficult due to the remote location.”
Actual retrieval efforts will begin tomorrow (Friday) morning, weather permitting. Texas Parks and Wildlife and Brown County Sheriff’s Office ask that the public remain clear of the area to insure the safety of everyone involved
At one point the search effort was temporarily suspended for several days due to heavy rains that caused the water level in the bayou to rise and caused dangerous swift-water currents..