Cops confirm woman is 10th body pulled from lake and issue key homicide update after Rainey Street Ripper fears

THE latest body pulled from an increasingly infamous lake has been identified as female as police continue to debunk serial killer theories.

A total of 10 bodies have now been pulled from Lady Bird Lake in Austin, Texas, in the last 18 months.

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Public Information Officer Ariel Crumes initially announced that the death was being investigated as a homicide but an update has revealed this is no longer the case Credit: Facebook /Austin Police
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The discovery of the female body is the 10th to be pulled from the lake Credit: KVUE

The most recent victim was found on Monday following a 911 call from a resident reporting a dead body 20 feet in the water.

“Homicide is actively investigating this as a death investigation,” Public Information Officer Ariel Crumes initially told the media in a briefing after the body was found.

However, an update on Facebook by the police department has since declared that the death “is not being ruled a homicide” and that “toxicology reports are still pending.”

While confirming the victim is female, no further identification details have been released.

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