The victim that was recovered from Pat Mayse Lake on Tuesday night after a six hour search has been identified by authorities as 18 year old Tyiesha Nycole Thomas, from Justin, Texas, according to Lamar County Sheriff Scott Cass.
“The girl was down from Justin, which is in the Denton/Ft. Worth area, visiting two friends from Paris,” the sheriff said.
The preliminary autopsy report with manner and cause of death has not been released to Texas Game Warden Bryan Callihan who is leading the investigation, Cass said.
This is the first drowning at Pat Mayse Lake in five years.
By Josh Allen, eParisExtra