Investigators said the woman was found dead by her caregiver at least nine hours after a shooting that occurred overnight. Detectives haven't determined if she was targeted.
The victim, who homicide detectives are reporting was a transgender person, was found next to Brays Bayou and was pronounced dead by responding HFD officials.
Coast Guard officials said that the body was discovered partially submerged in shallow water in the Big Reef during a training exercise on Saturday morning.
Authorities said that officers found the woman unresponsive near the front door of the residence, where she was later pronounced dead by HFD paramedics.
An updated death certificate for the alleged murder victim of singer D4vd states it is unclear whether the teen was pregnant in the year before she died.
Disturbing new details paint a gruesome picture of the case prosecutors are building against D4vd in the murder of Celeste Rivas Hernandez.