Body found in Trinity River in Fort Worth, police say

 

The Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office will work to determine the cause of death and the person’s identity, police said.

FORT WORTH, Texas — A body was found in the Trinity River in east Fort Worth on Monday morning, police said.

Officers were dispatched around 11:30 a.m. to an area of the river near Interstate 30 and Riverside Drive, where someone notified them of a body in the water. The person has not been identified yet, and police are still investigating the case.

The Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office will work to determine the cause of death and the person’s identity, police said.

More information about the case was not released.

In a separate case in Dallas over the weekend, a man was found dead in White Rock Creek after getting swept in flood waters. There was no indication as of Monday whether the Fort Worth death was related to any of the heavy rain or flooding North Texas saw over the weekend.