Crime & Safety
Constables Find Elderly Man Floating In Lake Conroe
Investigators are trying to determine how 84-year-old Leo Tullier died. He was found floating face down in Lake Conroe Tuesday evening.
LAKE CONROE, TX — Montgomery County deputy constables are investigating the death of a man found floating near the area of East Beach on Lake Conroe. Officials recovered the body of 84-year-old Spring resident Leo Tullier at about 4:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Residents in the White Oak Subdivision told investigators that they’d seen Tullier anchoring his pontoon boat earlier in the day and has also seen him in the water.
Shortly after 4 p.m., a resident saw Tullier floating face down in the water and tried several times to get his attention before calling deputy constables.
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Tullier was pronounced dead at the scene. Officials have ordered an autopsy to determine how he died.
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