Officials: Body Of Missing Cowboy Found
Gene Roberts Missing Since Sunday
POSTED: Tuesday, November 3, 2009
UPDATED: 9:02 pm CST November 7,
2009
DAYTON, Texas -- The search for a missing cattle herder ended Sunday with the discovery of his body, KPRC Local 2 reported Saturday.
About 75 volunteers had searched for Gene Roberts, 45, since Sunday night.
Roberts was believed to have been swept away by waist-high floodwaters from the Trinity River while he herded cattle to higher ground on horseback. His body was found by searchers at about 8:30 a.m. Saturday, according to a Texas EquuSearch statement.
Several air crews, the Dayton Police Department, and civilian volunteers were also involved in the search.
Roberts was described as a truck driver by trade who loved to rope calves on weekends.
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