70-year-old duck hunter who allegedly murdered 2 men found dead in swamp

REELFOOT LAKE, Tennessee – David Vowell, the 70-year-old man accused of killing two duck-hunting companions in the Tennessee countryside earlier this week, was found dead on Saturday.

Vowell was found dead in Reelfoot Lake, not far from where the two men were shot dead on Monday, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said.

Chance Black, 26, and Zachery Grooms, 25, were in Reelfoot Lake, northwest Tennessee on Monday morning when Vowell approached them and got into a verbal altercation, District Attorney Tommy Thomas told ABC News. Vowell allegedly opened fire and killed both Black and Grooms.

Thomas said earlier this week that it was not known whether Vowell knew the two victims.

Vowell’s body was found around 3 p.m. local time on Saturday, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said. Authorities said he had been positively identified, but an autopsy would be performed. A cause of death has not been announced.

Vowell had fled the filming scene on foot as his boat was recovered and the car he was driving to the boat launch was also seized, Thomas said Wednesday.

He had been wanted on two counts of first degree murder. He was considered armed and dangerous, authorities said.

The research was conducted in a large, extremely rural area – Reelfoot Lake State Park – near the Missouri and Kentucky borders. Reelfoot Lake spans 15,000 acres and is surrounded by thick, murky swamps filled with cypress trees.

On Friday, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation released footage of them searching the area, showing the adverse conditions they were facing.

ABC News’ Emily Shapiro and Matt Foster contributed to this report.