By Matt Kyle and Jamie Landers
https://www.dallasnews.com/
Dallas police this week recovered multiple submerged vehicles from Lake Cliff Park, just southwest of downtown.
The department’s underwater recovery team began the operation Thursday, and found and recovered four vehicles as of 5 p.m. that day, according to a news release from Dallas police.
A nearby resident told The Dallas Morning News on Friday that she has now witnessed six vehicles being pulled from the lake.
By 5:15 p.m. Friday, police said in an updated news release that a total of nine vehicles were recovered, concluding the operation at this location at this time.
Police have previously said the recovered vehicles are believed to be connected to ongoing investigations, but they did not say what kind of ongoing investigations the vehicles may be tied to.
Investigators surveyed a stretch of water along East Colorado Boulevard and across from Lake Cliff Tower on Friday morning as at least two tow trucks and a handful of police cars stayed parked close by.
At about 11:45 a.m., crews pulled a sullied van out of the water and up a grassy hill. Thick streams of mud poured out of the edges of the trunk before officers guided two dogs to sniff around the vehicle.
Crystal Montes, who has lived in a nearby apartment for roughly two and a half years, said she noticed the commotion about noon Thursday from her balcony, and went down to the park to see what was going on.
Since then, the 34-year-old said she has watched as six vehicles have been extracted — all appearing to be at least 15 to 30 years old, she said, though extensive damage has made most details scarce to onlookers.
“There’s a lot of traffic around here and people love this park,” she said. “It’s hard to see it in this state, but hopefully these are linked to old crime cases that can now be solved.”
Dallas Police Underwater Recovery Team pulls submerged vehicles from the lake at Lake Cliff Park
This story, originally published in The Dallas Morning News, is reprinted as part of a collaborative partnership between The Dallas Morning News and Texas Metro News. The partnership seeks to boost coverage of Dallas’ communities of color, particularly in southern Dallas.
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