Police Searching For Burglary Suspect Find Body Of Missing Man

HOUSTON, TX — Police who were searching for a burglary suspect who jumped in White Oak Bayou while evading police early Thursday morning, found the body of a man hours later along the banks of Buffalo Bayou.

The Houston Police Dive team was called to White Oak Bayou in the Heights after a burglary suspect fled from deputy constables in a Jeep, and then fled on foot into White Oak and went under.

Dive teams searched as a storm was dumping heavy rain and bringing high wind through the Houston area.

Harris County Pct. 1 Constable Alan Rosen said investigators were certain the water turbulence from the storm might have caused the burglary suspects to drift from the White Oak Bayou tributary downstream into Buffalo Bayou.

While searching for the suspect, police recovered the body of a man who may have been the center of a Houston Police Department missing person's case.

Investigators said there no signs of trauma on the man's body.

Officials have not found the body of the burglary suspect.

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