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The vehicle, he said, matched the make and model and license plate of Hernandez’s vehicle, a black GMC Acadia. Hernandez, 40, has been missing since April 17. 

“Our condolences go out to the family as they go through a painful time of waiting for a positive identification,” Deese said. 

He said he could not comment on whether the unidentified body showed signs of foul play. 

Deese said police gathered information with the FBI that led them to the small man-made lake in Pearland’s Shadow Creek Ranch subdivision. There, near the intersection of Reflection Bay and North Clear Lake, officers found evidence that a vehicle struck a curb and entered the body of water, Deese said. 

He said the dive team was called and quickly located the vehicle at the bottom of the lake, which ranges in depth from 8 to 15 feet. Deese said the SUV appeared to have been in the water since Hernandez was first reported missing. 

Officers noted damage on the SUV consistent with striking a curb, Deese said. Investigators believe the crash likely occurred in the early-morning hours, when “no one would have heard anything,” he said.

Pearland police will lead the investigation into the death. 

“We won’t definitively say the search for Erica Hernandez is over, because there is a process that still needs to be followed,” Deese said.