A welfare check on McKee Street near Brooks Street north of downtown Houston led to a grisly discovery yesterday evening. Houston police confirmed that officers entered the home around 9 p.m. and found a badly decomposed body. With details scarce, the age of the corpse had officers questioning just how long the person had been deceased, as stated in a report by ABC13.
Once inside, the scene that awaited them was quiet but for the whispering evidence of a life once lived - the past tense becoming all too literal in the face of death's decay. The Houston police have yet to determine if foul play was involved in the individual's death. The task of uncovering the timeline and cause of death now falls to the medical examiner's office.
In incidental harmony but separate revelation, another body was discovered at an abandoned home in the 2100 block of Myra Street. Described as skeletonized, these remains were found earlier in June and are thought to be those of an individual who experienced homelessness, as per details from a CW39 report.
The Harris County Sheriff’s Office stated the remains, found tucked away in the corner of a room, will undergo both autopsy and forensic anthropology to eke out truths long surrendered to time. Investigators are hoping to at least determine the age and sex of the victim with the dual procedures promising insights where appearances no longer can. The condition of the house suggests it hadn't been occupied for an extended period.
