TRAVIS CO. DEPUTY’S BODY FOUND

  
Senior Deputy Jessica Hollis (Courtesy Travis Co. Sheriff)
Senior Deputy Jessica Hollis
(Courtesy Travis Co. Sheriff)

Search crews recovered the body of Travis County Senior Deputy Jessica Hollis Friday afternoon after two days of an extensive search.

The body of the 35-year old Hollis, was found in Lake Austin on Friday after her squad car was swept away by flood waters during a check on low water crossings early Thursday morning.

Travis County Sheriff Greg Hamilton says Hollis was checking on a low water crossing off Highway 620, just before 2 a.m. Thursday. She sent a radio message out Thursday morning, saying she and her squad car were being swept downstream by flood waters.

Crews found her body in Lake Austin, not far from the mouth of the creek where her patrol car was located Thursday afternoon.

Hollis was married to an Austin Police officer, with a 12-year-old son. Hollis was with the sheriff's office for seven years.

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