The body of a missing airman is recovered from a lake in New Mexico

The assemblage of a U.S. Air Force subordinate was recovered from a water successful confederate New Mexico connected Monday, 2 days aft the airman assigned to Kirtland Air Force Base went missing astatine the fashionable recreation spot

ELEPHANT BUTTE, N.M. -- The assemblage of a U.S. Air Force subordinate was recovered from a water successful confederate New Mexico connected Monday, 2 days aft the airman assigned to Kirtland Air Force Base went missing astatine the fashionable recreation spot, subject authorities said.

The subordinate of the 351st Special Warfare Training Squadron went missing astatine Elephant Butte Lake connected Saturday and hasn't been identified publically nether procedures for notifying adjacent of kin, said Lt. Daniel Fernandez, a spokesperson for Kirtland.

An probe into the decease was underway by authorities authorities overseeing Elephant Butte Lake State Park, a fashionable getaway betwixt Albuquerque and El Paso, Texas.

State Parks spokesperson Sidney Hill said determination are nary indications of foul play. The assemblage was transferred to the authorities Office of the Medical Investigator to find the origin of death.

At a vessel ramp connected the water Monday, subject unit including members of the 351st and an Air Force rescue squadron formed 2 lines for a dignified transportation of the remains from a boat. The water different was engaged with Memorial Day revelers.

A agelong database of agencies participated successful the hunt for the missing airman, including New Mexico authorities police, a section occurrence department, New Mexico State Park rangers and a squad from the 306th Rescue Squadron retired of Davis-Monthan Air Force Base successful Arizona.

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