Overview
- Police and Tempe Fire Medical Rescue responded to witness reports that a person went underwater near the Rural Road Bridge about 1 a.m. on Monday.
- Dive crews searched the lake through the morning and were scheduled to begin focused recovery work around 8 a.m., but the body had not been recovered by about 10 a.m.
- Officials say there are no matching missing-person reports and no further search efforts are planned at this time.
- Tempe investigators have not found evidence explaining why the person entered the water and the individual’s identity and cause remain unknown.
- Authorities, including assistant chief Joe Escontreas, urged anyone with information to contact Tempe Police at 480-350-8311 and noted the incident occurred at the urban recreational site of Tempe Town Lake on a holiday morning.