Police Seek Tips On Cedar Park Man's Death In Creek Bed

CEDAR PARK, TX — Police are seeking help from the public in determining what led to the death of a man who was initially reported missing before being found in a creek bed, officials said Monday.

Cedar Park resident Arthur Fleming, 53, had been missing since May 2019 before his body was found in a creek bed near the Austin Community College Highland campus two months later, police said in an emailed advisory. The man's identity was confirmed after Cedar Park Police Department investigative efforts and assistance of the Travis County Sheriff’s Office, Travis County Medical Examiner’s Office and the Austin Police.

In their advisory, detectives said Fleming's brother had reported Fleming as missing after he was last seen boarding a Capital Metro train at the Leander station on May 28, 2019. Detectives later learned Fleming's last known location was a hotel near the intersection of U.S. 183 and Gessner Drive the next morning.

Police now ask anyone with knowledge of Fleming’s activities, movements, or known associates to contact the Cedar Park Police Department Criminal Investigations Division with any information that may be helpful in the investigation. To that end, Detective Daniel Kitchens can be contacted via email at daniel.kitchens@cedarparktexas.gov or by phone at (512) 260-4636. Anonymous tips can be submitted via text through Tip411, with those taking that option asked to text the keyword CPPD with their tip to 847411..

Photo of Arthur Fleming via Cedar Park Police Department.

The call for help from the public on Monday is the second since May, when the Cedar Park Police Department made a similar appeal for assistance from the public in determining what may have led to Fleming's death.