BELTON— A preliminary autopsy has confirmed that a body found by a fisherman in the Lampasas River Jan. 19 belongs to Eric Martinets, 30, of Taylor.
According to Taylor Police Department, Martinets had been missing since Jan. 17.
Belton Police Department officials said they received a call at 5:28 p.m. on Thursday about a man face down in the river, near the Interstate-35 Bridge, which caused the southbound frontage road to be closed briefly that evening.
Paul Romer, Belton’s director of communications, said Jan. 24 that the body has been positively identified and next of kin have been notified. According to police reports, the deceased male had a head injury consistent with a high fall and was sent to the Southwestern Institute of Forensic Sciences for a preliminary autopsy.
The Morgan’s Point Dive Team assisted with the recovery of the body.
