Kayaker finds body floating in creek near Lake Arlington

At around 10:30am this morning, a kayaker fishing on a small creek in south Arlington located a body floating in the water. He returned to shore and notified authorities of the discovery.

Arlington Fire Department’s dive team and Arlington PD responded to the scene along I-20 between Bowman Springs Road and SE Loop 820. Crews recovered the body of an adult male from the water.

“There were no obvious signs on the body or the surrounding banks to explain what led to his death,” police say.

The man did not have any identification on him. At this point, authorities have been unable to identify him.

The incident remains under investigation.