Kemah Police Chief Chris Reed wasn't believed to have been wearing a life jacket when he fell overboard in Galveston Bay on Friday.
Thomas Munoz, the emergency management coordinator in Texas City, whose agency assisted in the search effort, told reporters that Reed's body was found at 7:54 a.m. in the Houston Ship Channel.
"Many times due to the weather conditions and the myriad of boats operating in the area, waves tend to compound onto each other, and you'll get a wave that is slightly higher than the others, and that could cause something like this," she said.They said it didn't appear that Reed had been wearing a life jacket. Wissman said boaters should always have them on"because you never know what type of accident might happen and might not have time to put one on.
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