TYLER, Texas — The body of a missing 19-year-old man who fell off a boat into the water at Lake Tyler East Sunday night has been found.
According to Smith County Emergency Services District No. 2, the call for the rescue came in just before 8 p.m., on Sunday. A group of people were on the boat and moving through the channel when their friend, who was identified as 19-year-old Eli Swinney, fell off into the water and didn’t come up, Smith County ESD No. 2 spokesperson Nikki Simmons said.
Swinney’s body was recovered by first responders around noon Monday following a multi-hour search, Simmons said…