Man's body found in bayou that runs through Boone Road Park in the Alief area

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Wednesday, July 26, 2023
HPD dive team called to body in bayou at SW Houston park
A body was located in a bayou that runs through Boone Road Park in southwest Houston, police said.

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The Houston Police Department's Dive Team spent Tuesday evening out at a bayou in the Alief area where a man's body was located.

HPD said its Westside patrol officers and the City of Houston Park Rangers were also called to the scene at Boone Road Park, which is near Boone and Carvel Lane.

Police didn't immediately disclose who found the body or how it was discovered.

A cause of death is under investigation, police said.

The discovery marks the third time on Tuesday that Houston-area investigators were called to human remains.

In a separate, unrelated call, the Harris County Sheriff's Office began looking into skeletal remains near an apparent homeless encampment just off the Katy Freeway.

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SkyEye flew over the Katy Freeway near the West Campus hospitals after the Harris County sheriff said someone discovered human remains.

Elsewhere, HPD were called to a wooded area in Memorial Park where another set of remains were located.