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Reported Body in Buffalo Bayou Prompts HPD Dive Response, Marking 34th Recovery of 2025

Investigators have released no details on the decedent pending autopsy results.

Overview

  • Houston police said on social media that officers and the dive team responded to 3500 Memorial Drive around 3 p.m. on Christmas Eve after reports of a body in the water.
  • The incident would mark the 34th body found in or near Harris County bayous this year, according to the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences.
  • KPRC reported that three bodies have been recovered from bayous this week and that 12 recoveries in 2025 have been in Buffalo Bayou.
  • ABC13 noted the report comes days after HPD found a body in the bayou near 100 N. Crawford.
  • Outlets said no additional information about the person, circumstances, or cause has been released as the investigation remains active.