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On the fourth day of searching, divers Tuesday afternoon recovered the body of Joel Jijo, 22, of Houston, who disappeared while swimming on Canyon Lake on Saturday morning.
Samuel Padgett, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department game warden, said Jijo, who wasnât wearing a lifejacket when last seen between Boat Ramps No. 5 and No. 6 on Saturday, was recovered by Houston Police Department divers in about 34 feet of water around 5 p.m.
âFrom the beginning of the search there wasnât a moment where there wasnât at least one boat looking in the search area,â Padgett said of the four-day recovery effort by boats and divers from the TPWD, Canyon Lake Fire and EMS and the New Braunfels Fire Department.Â
An 84-year-old Sattler man was killed Monday when he was run over by the tractor he was operating, authorities said.Â
Jennifer Smith, Comal County Sheriffâs Office public information officer, said deputies responded to the 700 block of Farm-to-Market Road 2673 around 1:44 p.m.
âWe received a 911 call on 5/10/21 at approximately 1:44 p.m. for an elderly male subject who was run over by his tractor,â she said. âDeputies and Canyon Lake Fire and EMS personnel found Albert Kenneth Kanz Jr., 84, deceased at the scene.Â
Smith said Precinct 1 Justice of the Peace Tom Clark pronounced Kanz dead, adding an autopsy was not ordered and next of kin were notified.