BODY OF KEMAH POLICE CHIEF RECOVERED

  

The body of a missing Texas police chief who fell overboard while on a fishing boat was recovered Sunday morning.

Kemah Police Chief Chris Reed was on the boat with his wife in Galveston Bay on Friday afternoon when it was hit by a wake of a passing vessel.

According to the U.S. Coast Guard, Reed’s body was discovered shortly before 8 a.m., Sunday, about a mile and a half north of the Texas City Dike.

Authorities say he was not wearing a life jacket at the time.

About 40 vessels, including 15 from the Coast Guard, searched more than 650 square miles over some 40 hours.  An aircrew and a team of drones -- along with 12 state, local and federal agencies -- were involved.

In addition to his career as a police officer, Reed was a retired Army paratrooper and was on the Clear Creek Independent School District board.