On 7/11/2023, at approximately 1:30 am, I State Game Warden received a call from the Red River County sheriff's office. Dispatch stated they had a possible missing person. The reporting party had told dispatch that Subject1 had gone fishing on a kayak earlier that day and had not returned. Once the Red River County Sheriff's deputy arrived on the scene located off CR 2110 in Bagwell TX, he gathered information from the reporting party and searched the area around the lake for Subject1. 

Deputy then contacted me and stated that he had located a blue kayak floating on the south side of the lake but no sign of Subject1. I Informed Deputy that we (Texas Game Wardens) would have a department-issued vessel equipped with side-scan sonar on scene at daylight in order to search the lake. At approximately 7:00 am, I received a call from Deputy, and he stated that he just received another call from the reporting party, claiming they had located the body of Subject1 floating close to his kayak. I informed Deputy that I would be en route. Once I arrived on scene, I, along with Red River County deputies recovered the body of Subject1 and he was released to Clarksville funeral home.

Bagwell                       