MissingPerson_BraulioArriaga101016Brownwood Chief of Police Terry Nichols reports that his department has positively identified the deceased man found on October 15th as 59-year-old Braulio Arriaga, Jr. of Brownwood.

According to Brownwood Police Department, Mr. Arriaga walked away from his residence on October 4th and was considered missing.  Members of the Brownwood Police Department located the body at approximately 1:40 p.m. Saturday while searching for Mr. Arriaga in a wooded creek area in the 700 block of W. Commerce Street.

Brown County Justice of the Peace Mike Holder has ordered an autopsy to be conducted by the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office to determine the cause and manner of death.