The body of an 88-year-old Chambers County fisherman was recovered Tuesday afternoon in Galveston Bay after his boat capsized in stormy waters, officials said.
Authorities found the body of W. F. Childress near the Texas City Dike following a day's search for the missing boater, according to Chambers County Sheriff Brian Hawthorne.
The sheriff's office on Monday night launched a search for the fisherman with help from the U.S. Coast Guard, Texas Parks and Wildlife and other local law enforcement agencies.
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Childress launched his vessel from Smith Point around 8:30 a.m. Monday and headed for the Anahuac Channel to "do some shrimping," the sheriff said. But he had not returned by nightfall.
Storms moved through the Houston region that afternoon and evening. Galveston got more than an inch of rain and the National Weather Service warned of dangerous swimming conditions, elevated surf along beaches and strong rip currents.
The search party found the fisherman's vessel — a 16-foot aluminum sportsman trawling rig — in the bay by midday Tuesday, and a few hours later located his body roughly 10 miles away, according to the sheriff.
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Childress was wearing a life jacket and had no visible signs of trauma, Hawthorne said, but the Galveston County Medical Examiner's Office will conduct an autopsy.
“Mr. Childress was an experienced boat handler and fisherman who obviously was unable to find safe harbor during yesterday's storm," the sheriff wrote in a Facebook post. " Prayers to him, his family and friends for this tragic loss."
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