{"id":86736,"date":"2025-07-23T19:41:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T19:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/86736\/"},"modified":"2025-07-23T19:41:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T19:41:11","slug":"possible-fetus-found-in-drainage-system-in-south-houston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/86736\/","title":{"rendered":"Possible fetus found in drainage system in south Houston"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The scene of the incident (KPRC 2)<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Authorities are at the scene of a neighborhood in Houston\u2019s southside where the body of a fetus was possibly found in a drainage system. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">At 12:34 p.m., Houston Fire Department units were dispatched to the 8000 block of El Mundo Street after a call initially came in as a cardiac arrest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Fire officials believe the discovery may be a discarded miscarriage. HFD officials confirmed that the fetus was early in the development phase, not at full term.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">A caller reported finding a body in some type of drain, though the exact nature of the drainage system has not been confirmed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Rescue crews are working to remove the body from the location. A heavy rescue unit is in the area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">KPRC 2\u2019s Bryce Newberry is heading to the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">This is a developing report. We\u2019ll have more updates shortly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 nALdY copyright\">Copyright 2025 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p>About the Authors<\/p>\n<ul class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 jbJvfh cLUOeE author-container\">\n<li class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 grUvMp iQviKm author\"><img alt=\"Michael Horton headshot\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/f73d30ac-a3f9-4b7f-8bd0-76456abf79f8.jpg\" width=\"86\" height=\"86\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"object-fit:cover\"\/><a class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__LinkBase-sc-1fnzlkn-9 eUojqd gMnWPT\" href=\"https:\/\/www.click2houston.com\/team\/TB0VZ7DB5PYO36DHL4XWDRPJST\/\" title=\"View Michael Horton&#039;s full profile\" itemprop=\"url\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael Horton<\/a>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 gnunoy bOlrXa\">Michael is a Kingwood native who loves visiting local restaurants and overreacting to Houston sports. He joined the KPRC 2 family in the spring of 2024. He earned his BA from Texas A&amp;M University in 2022 and his MA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2023.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 grUvMp iQviKm author\"><img alt=\"Bryce Newberry headshot\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/3a219388-e5e0-46bd-9f33-d75bfede32f0.png\" width=\"86\" height=\"86\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"object-fit:cover\"\/><a class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__LinkBase-sc-1fnzlkn-9 eUojqd gMnWPT\" href=\"https:\/\/www.click2houston.com\/team\/bnewberry\/\" title=\"View Bryce Newberry&#039;s full profile\" itemprop=\"url\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bryce Newberry<\/a>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 gnunoy bOlrXa\">Bryce Newberry joined KPRC 2 in July 2022. He loves the thrill of breaking news and digging deep on a story that gets people talking.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The scene of the incident (KPRC 2) Authorities are at the scene of a neighborhood in Houston\u2019s southside&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":86737,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5130],"tags":[18820,4219,4345,425,50,358,3187],"class_list":{"0":"post-86736","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-body-found","9":"tag-crime","10":"tag-houston","11":"tag-local","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-texas","14":"tag-tx"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114904254721328881","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86736"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86736\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}