Body Found In Neches River Amid Search For Missing TX Hog Hunter Danny Carter

CHEROKEE COUNTY, TX. (THECOUNT) — A body has been found in the Neches River on Thursday amid the search for missing Texas man, Danny Wayne Carter.

Carter, who has been missing for about a week, went missing while hog hunting near the Neches River.

Confirmation as to whether the person found today is Carter has not yet been made.

According to Game Warden Eric Collins, a body was found at around noon. The identity of the person found has not been confirmed.

“He was going hog hunting. That’s what he was doing, just about dark, so I believe he had a rifle,” Cherokee County Sheriff James Campbell said.

The rifle wasn’t found, but what’s believed to be Carter’s cap was discovered near a river bend. Sonar found nothing. It us unclear yet as to how the body of the person who was located today was found by searchers or by a boater or other civilian, reports KLTV.

“We had a DPS helicopter out of Houston that came the down before yesterday,” said Sheriff Campbell last week. “Parks and Wildlife has been going up and down the river with a sonar. And a lot of volunteers.”

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Geo quick facts: Cherokee County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, its population was 50,845. The county seat is Rusk. The county was named for the Cherokee, who lived in the area before being expelled in 1839. Rusk, the county seat, is 130 miles southeast of Dallas and 160 miles north of Houston – Wikipedia.