Arrest made in connection to teen's drowning at Lake Ray Hubbard

Dallas Police have detained a 19-year-old suspect in connection to a teenager's drowning at Lake Ray Hubbard this past April.Lake Ray Hubbard drowning arrestDallas Police arrested 19-year-old Lucas Roper on July 9. He's been charged with one count of tampering with physical evidence.Roper was arrested in connection to the Apr. 13 drowning of 18-year-old Daniel Erving at Lake Ray Hubbard.Erving's body was discovered on Apr. 17, four days after he drowned.An arrest affidavit states that after Erving drowned, Roper and a juvenile suspect threw Erving's clothes into the tree line near a bridge above Lake Ray Hubbard.Police also learned the two suspects fled the scene in Roper's vehicle. As they fled, the juvenile suspect threw Erving's phone out of the vehicle.The Rowlett Police Department later recovered Erving's clothes and cell phone, on which they located phone calls and messages between Roper and Erving from the day of the drowning.According to the affidavit, Roper told police that he
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