Darren Mitchell, 21, disappeared on Thursday near Brenham, Texas Mitchell posted a picture to Facebook from inside his submerged truck His sister said his body was found Saturday a mile downstream from truck Mitchell was one of four people who died after heavy rains caused flooding
A National Guardsman who posted an ominous Facebook picture of his flooded truck before going missing in Texas has been found dead.
Darren Mitchell, 21, was one of four people who died after torrential rains caused severe flooding in Texas this week.
Mitchell's body was found on Saturday more than a mile downstream from where his overturned truck had been discovered earlier, the man's sister told KHOU.
On Thursday, the Navasota resident posted a chilling picture from inside his truck as it appeared to be submerged in flood water.
The caption to the photo read: 'And all I wanted to do was go home.'
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Darren Mitchell's sister said he posted this picture of his flooded car to Facebook moments before he disappeared on Thursday night. His body was found on Saturday
Darren Mitchell, 21, was found dead Saturday after his truck was overturned by flood water on Thursday .
Mitchell's body was found on Saturday more than a mile downstream from where his overturned truck (pictured) had been discovered earlier
Mitchell's family members told KHOU he had called shortly before making the social media post to say he was trapped in flood waters on Highway 105 outside Brenham.
'[My brother] just said he was all right and he made it out of the truck,' Ro Mitchell said.
A witness said she saw Mitchell get back into the truck after initially climbing out.
'He got out of his truck, he got in the bed of his truck, he got back out, on top of his truck, and then all of the sudden he got back in his truck. And like maybe 10, 15 minutes after he was in his truck, it just flipped and he topsided into the water,' said Lashandoe Smith.
'It just disappeared. Once it flipped, you didn't see tires, his truck, nothing. It just tumbled over.'
Darren Mitchell, 21, was one of four people who died after heavy rains caused severe flooding in Texas
Authorities found his overturned car near the highway on Friday morning.
Three other people also died as a result of the flooding in Texas.
Lela Holland, 64, died in her Washington County home.
Jimmy Wayne Schaeffer, 49, and Pyarali Rajebhi Umatiya, 59, were both killed in their vehicles in separate flooding incidents, NBC reported.
A missing boy who fell into the Brazos River while fishing Friday had not been recovered as of Sunday, according to NBC.
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