BOERNE — A dive team recovered the body of a 13-year-old San Antonio boy a day after he slipped under the waters of Boerne City Lake and didn’t resurface.
The Boerne Fire Department reported the boy, Jaylen Robinson, was found at 9:04 a.m. Monday, June 29, in 15 feet of water about 20 feet from the shore.
Fire Chief Manny Casarez told reporters the young teen, on a trip to the popular lake Sunday, June 28, with the family of an 11-year-old friend, was seen struggling to swim and didn’t return to the shore.
“One of the children, an 11-year-old, was able to get back to safety. The other one was not,” Casarez said.
Boerne first responders rolled when the call came in at 6:21 p.m.
Police arrived first, Casarez said, and began gathering information from witnesses.
Divers with the Fire Department arrived shortly after, launched a boat and began searching, the chief said.
At 9:15 p.m., officials made the call to suspend the search until Monday morning.
“We reassembled at 7 a.m. and quickly got crews back in the water,” Casarez said, adding the child was pulled from the lake about two hours later.
The boy’s family arrived early Monday to be on hand while the search continued.
“Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family of this young child,” Casarez said.
This is the second death at the lake in the past five weeks. Du Long, 80, of San Antonio, perished May 24 during a Memorial Day weekend outing.
Boerne Fire Chief Manny Casarez speaks during Monday’s press conference at Boerne City Lake, where a San Antonio youth drowned Sunday. Dive team members found the boy’s body early Monday morning.
Star photo by Jeff B. Flinn
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