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Body of Texas police Chief Chris Reed found in Houston Ship Channel

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Jennifer Reynolds | The Galveston County Daily News
Law enforcement and fire department vehicles escort the body of Chris Reed, Kemah police chief and Clear Creek Independent School District trustee, across the Galveston, Texas Causeway and to the medical examiners office in La Marque, Texas on Sunday, June 9, 2019. The 50-year-old police chief had been missing since 4 p.m. Friday, when authorities say he was thrown overboard without a life jacket when a wave from a large passing vessel struck his boat.
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Kelsey Walling | The Galveston County Daily News
Kristi Wyatt hugs a friend after speaking at a gathering for Kemah Police Chief Chris Reed at Veterans Memorial Stadium in League City, Texas, Saturday, June 8, 2019. Wyatt spoke for the Reed family during the gathering. Reed has been missing since a wave from a large vessel threw him overboard the day before.
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Kelsey Walling | The Galveston County Daily News
A volunteer with Texas EquuSearch ducks under police tape while the search for Kemah Police Chief Chris Reed continues at the Texas City Dike, Saturday, June 8, 2019, in Texas City, Texas. City, county and state agencies have been searching for Reed since he fell off his personal boat, north of the dike the day before.

HOUSTON — Authorities say they’ve recovered the body of a Texas police chief who fell out of a boat into Galveston Bay Friday.

The Coast Guard says a search crew pulled Kemah Police Chief Chris Reed’s body from the water of the Houston Ship Channel Sunday morning, ending a 40-hour search.

The 50-year-old police chief had been missing since 4 p.m. Friday, when authorities say he was thrown overboard without a life jacket when a wave from a large passing vessel struck his boat.

The Coast Guard says more than a dozen local, state and federal agencies scoured more than 650 square miles before a Galveston County boat crew found Reed’s body about 1½ miles north of the Texas City Dike just before 8 a.m.

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