Officers responded to a 911 call shortly after 11:30 p.m. Sunday and found out that De La Cerda had been carried off from his encampment under a bridge in the area near Highway 281 and Bitters Road.
Police recover body of man swept away in drainage ditch
They say heavy rain from a thunderstorm in the area swept him down into a ditch and the current took him.
With the help of their EAGLE helicopter, officers later found De La Cerda still in the ditch, but closer to Wurzbach Parkway.
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Katrina Webber joined KSAT 12 in December 2009. She reports for Good Morning San Antonio. Katrina was born and raised in Queens, NY, but after living in Gulf Coast states for the past decade, she feels right at home in Texas. It's not unusual to find her singing karaoke or leading a song with her church choir when she's not on-air.