Family of Chris Clark seeks answers after his body was found in Lady Bird Lake
AUSTIN, TEXAS: The grieving family of Chris Clark, who became the latest person to be discovered dead in Lady Bird Lake, is eager to know the reason behind his death. The 30-year-old’s remains were found on April 15, making him the fourth victim, who died after the bodies of Jason John, 30, Clifton Axtell, 40, and Jonathan Honey, 33, were tracked down in or close to the Texas lake over the period of the last three months.
Now, Reegan Aparicio, who has a son with Clark, told Fox 7 Austin, “Everyone who knows him, know him as the class clown, super, super smart, super athletic, super outdoorsy, he loved camping. He was the love of my life, my son’s father, and I just don’t think that, I just want answers.”
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‘We are going to fight for him’
The woman continued, “I don’t know how he would end up there, that’s the concern, I don’t know, and I don’t think that he took himself there from knowing Chris.” The victim’s cousin Jazmine Parker then noted, “It gives you so many weird possibilities and scenarios like what could have happened, how’d he get in there, did somebody push him, did he jump, you just start thinking so many things.”
Aparicio also told the publication, “All we know is what we’re being told and what you guys are seeing in the world and we’re here and we’re seeking for answers, and we just want to let the world know that whatever happened to him, we are going to fight for him, we are going to get justice for him.”
‘I feel like they do know’
She continued, “I do want to find out what’s going on at that lake because obviously, something’s going on,” before raising her doubts about the authorities as she said, “For the cops to say they don’t know, I feel like they do know because it’s been too many people for so many years.”
“We all are a community, and we need to be trying to stick together so something like this doesn’t continue to happen because families are hurting, I’m devastated,” Aparicio added.
‘We are so very grateful for every donation’
The woman has also launched a GoFundMe to cover his funeral services. She wrote there, “He leaves behind his one and only son Lashawn, a mother, sister and brother, and a host of family members and friends that will forever miss and remember him. Chris's sudden passing has left his family with the struggle of finding the funds to cover the cost of funeral services.”
Aparicio concluded that Clark’s family “would like to have a proper homegoing for him. Please consider donating if you are able to do so or simplifying sharing our GoFundMe. We are so very grateful for every donation during this difficult time and will keep everyone posted on his homegoing.”
In an update, she mentioned that "Clark’s case cannot get help from victim services, which adds an additional fee that we didn't initially plan to cover. We appreciate all of those that have donated or shared our GoFundMe and may God continue to bless you all.”