2/19/2023 0 Comments Drowning in quicksand![]() RELATED: Corpse found in San Antonio River near Brackenridge Park on July 4īut research shows humans are typically not dense enough to get fully swallowed up by quicksand, which is a combination of fine sand, clay and salt water, according to National Geographic. “(That’s the) first quicksand question I’ve ever had and I’ve been here a long time,” said Steve Lightfoot, TPWD news manager. There is little available information on quicksand in Texas- where it is or how many deaths have been associated with the saturated sediment. "With the San Antonio River, it's going to have to go somewhere, and it's going to flow down the river," he said. El Paso ISD teacher fired for saying pedophiles should be called 'MAPs'.Guess the rent of this 'desirable' San Antonio 3-bedroom home.San Antonio's Hometown Burger abruptly closes all locations.San Antonio will add 2 new greenway trails for Cathedral Rock Park.Eisenhower served as football coach at St. A brief history of San Antonio's infamous Ingram Park Mall.New Yorker moves to Texas and shares 'culture shock' with viral TikTok.On July 7, when Escobedo was reported missing, Goliad County near the river was not "significantly wet," he said. Normally, the river hovers around 5 to 6 feet, he said. The San Antonio River "got as a high as 8.3 feet on July 4," he said, adding that the first four days of the month saw about 4-5 inches of rain upstream in Bexar and Comal County. ![]() ![]() "(The) bulk of the rain fell on (July) 1-3 and partially on (July 4), which resulted in the river beginning to peak into (July 4)," Boucher said. MORE: A look back at catastrophic floods that swamped Texas In the days before Escobedo's death was when the area was the wettest, he said. When Escobedo was reported missing, there was not "a whole lot of rain" that day, said Trevor Boucher, National Weather Service meteorologist, Tuesday. ![]() Escobedo's death was one of 114 to occur across the state in rivers and lakes in 2015. Officials found no evidence of foul play and on July 13, an autopsy ruled his cause of death to be drowning. “He had expired and fallen face-first over the sandy outcropping,” the report said, adding that his body was lodged in the quicksand from his feet to the bottom of his buttocks. The following day, Game Wardens Kevin Fagg and William Zappe searched the San Antonio River by boat and found Escobedo’s body lodged in quicksand, 350 yards upstream from the bridge where he parked his car. RELATED: Teenage boy dies from accidental drowning at Hamilton Pool, officials say On July 10, three days after Escobedo went missing, a helicopter supplied by the Texas Department of Safety flew from the Highway 239 bridge to the U.S. There was no indication Escobedo had gone fishing or camping just by looking at his vehicle, according to the report, and it didn’t seem he like met someone and left with them, leaving his car behind. Will Johnson, of the Karnes City Police Department, wrote in the incident report. “He was known to access the river in the Falls City area, but it is possible he went swimming and did not return to his vehicle,” Lt. MORE: San Antonio man who died saving teens from Medina River dam was a decorated Marine Corps vet Inside, authorities found Escobedo's glasses and shoes that were confirmed to be his the next day.Įscobedo’s family told officials the 50-year-old often took to swimming alone in the river. Officials found a blue Mercury sedan parked on the east side of the Highway 239 bridge over the San Antonio River. On July 8, police received a call reporting a light blue car had been parked underneath the San Antonio River Bridge in Goliad County for several days, according to a Goliad County Sheriff’s Office incident report obtained by. Jose Rey Escobedo, who was 50 at the time of his death, was reported missing Jaround 10 a.m., two days after he picked up a prescription. RELATED: Deadliest rivers, lakes in Texas
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