Woman's Body Pulled From Lady Bird Lake in East Austin

EAST AUSTIN, TX -- The body of an older woman was found Monday morning at Lady Bird Lake, according to emergency first responders who were called out to the scene.

The body of a woman believed to be in her 60s was found at the lake shortly before 10 a.m. on Feb. 29, according to reports by Austin-Travis County EMS officials.

The site of the find is on the north shore of the lake at East Austin, near the Pleasant Valley Road.

The woman was pronounced dead at the scene, EMS officials said.

This is the second time in just over two weeks that a body has been found at the lake, a popular recreational area in the city for tourists and residents alike.

On St. Valentine’s Day, EMS crews recovered the body of a man in his 50s there. Units responded to the 90 block of Congress Avenue in that incident, pulling out the body of a man who also was dead by the time they arrived.