Missing man finally found

The Liberty County Sheriff’s Office was notified regarding the autopsy of the missing person of January 12, 2021 and confirmed the identity of the recovered body to be that of 22-year-old Nathan Heathco, who carried a Baytown, Texas address. According to Criminal Investigation Division Captain Billy Knox, the autopsy further revealed that Heathco had drowned. Evidently, Heathco’s body was submerged in the small tributary off of the Trinity River, and when the water subsided, the body was left on the bank of the tributary where he was later found.