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

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

Vowell was found dead on Lake Reelfoot, 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 at Reelfoot Lake in northwest Tennessee on Monday morning when Vowell approached them and started a verbal strife, prosecutor Tommy Thomas told ABC News. Vowell reportedly opened fire and killed Black and Grooms.

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

Vowell’s body was found at about 3 pm local time on Saturday, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said. Authorities said he was positively identified, but an autopsy would be performed. The cause of death was not announced.

Vowell fled the shooting site on foot when his boat was recovered and the car he drove to the boarding ramp was also seized, Thomas said on Wednesday.

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

The search was conducted in a large, extremely rural area – Reelfoot Lake State Park – near the Missouri and Kentucky borders. Reelfoot Lake itself is 15,000 acres and is surrounded by a dense, dark swamp full of cypress trees.

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation posted images of them searching the area on Friday, showing the adverse conditions they were dealing with.

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