Bastrop, Tx (Nov. 17, 2008)–Bastrop police said today that Jeffrey White, 51, of Bastrop, who was found floating in The Colorado River Nov. 13, died of drowning. That was the conclusion of a Travis County medical examiner, said Bastrop Police Chief David Board in a Monday interview with Bastrop-News.com.
How White, the brother of the late Pct. 1 Bastrop County Constable Carl White, came to his death remains something of a mystery, however, said the chief. The medical examiner’s report suggested no evidence of bodily trauma, such as might have been expected from a fall into the river from the Texas 71 bridge where White was seen the day before his body was recovered from the river, according to Board.
The chief said no official ruling on the death has been filed, but he expects the Justice of the Peace to find that it was an accidental drowning. No physical evidence hints at a different conclusion, said Board.