As Rainstorm Nears New Record, Man and Woman Are Found Dead in Texas Creek
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- On Sept. 1, San Antonio police said a man and woman were found dead in Salado Creek, a day after a near-historic rainstorm
- Police Chief William McManus said authorities believe that both the man and the woman got washed up in the water
- San Antonio received over three inches of rain on Aug. 31
The bodies of a man and a woman were found dead in a San Antonio creek after a rainstorm the night before.
The San Antonio Police Department tells PEOPLE that an officer was notified on Monday, Sept. 1, around 12:15 p.m. local time about a deceased body in a nearby creek.
The officer was led to Salado Creek and came across an unidentified female along the edge of the creek bed, “deceased from an apparent drowning,” police said.
The officer conducted a further search downstream for other possible victims as he was told that three homeless people had not been seen following the rainstorm that occurred the evening of Sunday, Aug. 31.
“Other officers and SAFD rescue located a second victim, a deceased male, nearby. The third individual was ultimately located, safely,” the San Antonio Police Department added.
At a news conference Monday, Police Chief William McManus said authorities believe that both the man and the woman washed up in the water Sunday night or Monday morning.
“We don’t know 100 percent what happened,” he added, “and we won’t until we get further into the investigation. But that’s what appears to be right now.”
Asked about the two victims’ relationship with each other, McManus told a reporter that the two were apparently friends and believed to have been from another location, based on preliminary information. He also said that the two appeared to be homeless.
The identities of the victims have not been disclosed.
Police tell PEOPLE that there were no other missing individuals from the incident.
San Antonio experienced over three inches of rain Sunday evening, Anthony Franze, a meteorologist San Antonio-Express News, reported. That amount was just short of a daily record set on Aug. 31, 1892.
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The National Weather Service for Austin and San Antonio announced early Monday morning that a flood watch was in effect for parts of South Central Texas along and west of I-35 and along and north of U.S. 90 until noon that day.
The weather agency added that one to two inches of rainfall were possible and could lead to flash flooding.
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