{"id":802268,"date":"2026-05-17T06:16:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T06:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/802268\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T06:16:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T06:16:15","slug":"body-found-in-greens-bayou-near-i-10-in-east-houston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/802268\/","title":{"rendered":"Body found in Greens Bayou near I-10 in east Houston"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><strong>HOUSTON<\/strong> \u2013 A body was found in a Houston area bayou on Saturday evening by a fisherman. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The Houston Police Department is investigating along Greens Bayou, just off I-10 near Uvalde Road. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Officers responded around 6:34 p.m. on Saturday to the bayou after a man who had gone fishing spotted the body and called 911, Lt. Michael Pulido with the Houston Police Department said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Police said the body was found along the edge of the bayou near the water.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Investigators said the victim is an adult man, but they have not been able to determine his age, race or identify any distinguishing features because the body appeared to have been in the water for several days.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cWe don\u2019t know the age or race or anything and that\u2019s all the information we have right now,\u201d Pulido said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Houston Police homicide detectives, the department\u2019s dive team and the Harris County medical examiner responded to the scene Friday night as crews worked to recover the body from the water.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Pulido said investigators do not currently believe the death is suspicious, though the investigation remains in its early stages.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/p\/18SheKhL2n\/<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cAt this time, we don\u2019t believe that\u2019s the case,\u201d Pulido said when asked whether investigators believed the body may have been dumped there. \u201cWe think this is just a random occurrence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Police said there is no known threat to the public.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The discovery is the latest body found in a Houston-area waterway in recent months. More than 200 bodies have been recovered from Houston bayous since 2017.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Anyone with information is asked to contact the Houston Police Department Homicide Division or Crime Stoppers.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON \u2013 A body was found in a Houston area bayou on Saturday evening by a fisherman. 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