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Posted: 3:16 p.m. Monday, Feb. 18, 2013

Officials: Las Cruces man, 19, found dead in Caballo Lake

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By Jesse Martinez

LAS CRUCES, N.M. —

What started off as a missing-person call turned into a death investigation after officials found the body of a 19-year-old man at Caballo Lake State Park.

Around 11 a.m. Saturday, New Mexico State Police officers were called to investigate. Officials said Omar Sanchez was camping with two other men and went missing overnight.

Search-and-rescue and dive team personnel as well as air support were used in the search. On Sunday, Sanchez's body was recovered from the lake by dive team members, officials said.

The cause of Sanchez's death is under investigation, and his body was sent to the Office of the Medical Investigator in Albuquerque for an autopsy.

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