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Off-Duty Police Chief Found Dead Near Where he Fell Off his Boat

​A two-day search for the chief of the Kemah (TX) Police Department ended Sunday morning when his body was found not far from where he fell overboard from his boat without a life-jacket in the Galveston Bay.

June 10, 2019

A two-day search for the chief of the Kemah (TX) Police Department ended Sunday morning when his body was found not far from where he fell overboard from his boat without a life-jacket in the Galveston Bay.

According to the Houston Chronicle , 50-year-old Chris Reed was boating with his wife when the wake from a large vessel struck his boat, sending him into the water.

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The search for Reed involved 19 agencies and 25 volunteer vessels.

A police escort carried Reed's body away from the water.