TEXAS CITY, Texas — Investigators in Galveston County confirm a body found in a submerged vehicle is that of a missing Texas City woman.
Katherine Gannon, 43, was reported missing on April 19 but had not been heard from since the end of March.
During a search for Gannon on Monday, Texas EquuSearch said they found six cars submerged in a manmade lake on Century Boulevard near the Gulf Freeway. A body was recovered in one of the vehicles, which police later confirmed to be Gannon "by distinguishing marks on her body provided by a family member."
According to Tim Miller with Texas EquuSearch, the group used sonar to check the manmade lake near Gannon's apartment. A diver was sent down there and confirmed the license plate was linked to Gannon's vehicle.
“They didn’t even have her phone to ping 'cause she forgot her phone, left it at home," Miller said. "There wasn’t a lot to go on, and when I talked to detective, I said, 'You know what? Many times the car’s missing this long, it’s very possible they end up underneath the water.'”
Meanwhile, investigators are trying to determine how the car ended up in the water. We're told a small, barbed wire fence near the roadway showed signs of neglect, but police couldn't determine if the car crashed through it.
Texas City police are also trying to get permission from the landowner to pull the other five cars out of the water.