Published: March 21, 2008 10:46 am         

Missing camper’s body found at bottom of cliff

AUSTIN (AP) — Searchers found the body of a missing camper in Lake Travis on Thursday after she apparently fell off a cliff near her family’s campsite in Pace Bend Park.

Travis County sheriff’s spokesman Roger Wade said the fall appears to have been an accident.

Denise Morgan, 36, of Austin, had left the campsite to find a restroom and didn’t return. Her husband reported her missing Wednesday night.

Wade said the 15-foot cliff was about 25 feet away from the campsite at the park, located about 30 miles west of Austin. Morgan’s body was found in about 12 feet of water.

‘‘There are a lot of loose rocks’’ near the cliff, Wade said in a story for Thursday’s online edition of the Austin American-Statesman. ‘‘It’s not something solid that you can run up and down. Even in the daylight, it’s kind of slippery.’’

Wade said there was very little light to guide her.

‘‘When she went walking after dark, she apparently lost her footing and fell,’’ he said.