Update Monday 6/29
The body of a 13-year-old boy from San Antonio was recovered at Boerne City Lake just after 9 a.m. Monday, June 29, 2026.
Recovery teams found the boy, Jaylen Robinson, about 20 feet from shore in water that is about 12-15 feet deep.
Dispatch received an initial 911 call just before 6:30 p.m. Sunday, June 28, about a child who was in the water and did not resurface.
According to witnesses, two children were swimming in the lake on Sunday when they began to struggle. A bystander rescued one child and then returned to search for the second child but was unable to locate them.
The Boerne Fire Department Water Rescue Team, with help from the Texas Game Wardens, began an immediate search with divers and sonar equipment but was unable to locate the missing child before nightfall. The search was suspended at 9:15 p.m. Sunday due to darkness.
The search resumed Monday morning at 7 a.m. Divers with the Boerne Fire Department made the recovery just after 9 a.m.
Mental Health Officers and a chaplain from the Boerne Police Department were at the lake during the search and after the recovery to provide care for the family of the boy.
The Boerne Fire Department was also assisted by the Boerne Police Department, the Sisterdale Volunteer Fire Department, the Kendall County Sheriff’s Office, Kendall County EMS, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, the New Braunfels Fire Department, and the Canyon Lake Fire Department.
The lake remains closed as of Monday morning.
