There's also been no recent spike in overall violent crimes in Harris County.
HCSO: Harris Co. murders in unincorporated area down in 2010
HOUSTON
The sheriff's office says there were 65 murder cases in the un-incorporated parts of the county in 2010. That's down from the 87 cases in 2009. Of the 65 cases last year, detectives solved 77 percent of them.