By Glynis Crawford Smith
The Highlander
The man who drowned on Lake Buchanan Saturday has been identified as Dennis Fernandes, 37, of Round Rock.
The body was recovered about 4:30 p.m. Monday by Texas Parks & Wildlife Department (TPWD) Game Wardens and the Buchanan Dam Fire Rescue volunteers and the name of the victim was released today.
“Friends and family of Fernandes called 9-1-1 on Saturday about 4 p.m.,” said Steve Lightfoot, a TPWD public information officer.
The event occurred north of Buchanan Dam near Big Chief RV and Cabin Resort off Farm to Market Road 690, as a boat drifted out from an unsecured anchor. Fernandes apparently had gone in to the water to help swimming children back onboard when he slipped beneath the water and did not resurface.
