SABINE COUNTY, Texas ( KTRE /Gray News) - The body of a college student who went missing on Toledo Bend Reservoir has been recovered.

According to the Sabine County Sheriff’s Office, Peyton Hughes, 21, a student enrolled at Campbellsville University in Kentucky, had been pre-fishing on Wednesday for a Bassmaster Kayak Series event set to take place this weekend.

However, the Bass Anglers Sportsman’s Society said Hughes never returned to the launch point, the designated meeting place, on Wednesday night.

Game wardens and law enforcement agencies from both Texas and Louisiana began searching for Hughes after his fishing coach reported him missing, according to the Sabine County Sheriff’s Office. His kayak was found that day, banked on an island east of the Alpine Marina boat launch, i

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