Crime & Safety

Man Found Dead In Tank Of Water In NE Houston

Houston police are investigating how a man wound up dead at the eastside sewage treatment plant

HOUSTON, TX — A man was found dead in a tank of water at the eastside sewage treatment plant shortly after noon on Tuesday. Police responded to a call of a possible body found at 5400 Armour Drive, near Buffalo bayou and north of Second Ward, where they found the man.

Houston police are awaiting autopsy results in the death, and the investigation is pending the man's cause of death.

The identity of the victim is pending verification by the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences.

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Anyone with information in this case is urged to contact the HPD Homicide Division at 713-308-3600 or Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.

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