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Gator had missing woman's remains in its jaws when Houston police shot it dead
San Antonio Express News ^
| 05/31/2024
| By Rhyma Castillo, Staff writer
Posted on 05/31/2024 5:35:06 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
Authorities discovered the remains of a missing woman in the jaws of an alligator this week in Houston, prompting an investigation into her cause of death by the city's Homicide Division Sergeants.
“Patrol officers located the remains of a woman in the jaws of an alligator in the Horsepen Bayou, just west of El Dorado Boulevard, while searching the area for a woman reported missing” on Tuesday, Houston police said in a Wednesday release.
Police did not name the woman, who they believe to be in her 60s, but they told KHOU-TV that she went for a walk around 7:30 p.m. Monday and never returned. Her husband reported her missing Tuesday morning.
Houston police fatally shot the alligator “to prevent it from doing more damage to the remains,” after which a dive team retrieved the remains and the alligator from Horsepen Bayou, according to the Wednesday release.
“At this time, the investigation is pending cause and manner of death, to be determined by an autopsy,” police said.
TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: gator
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“At this time, the investigation is pending cause and manner of death, to be determined by an autopsy,” police said.
Do they really need an autopsy to determine the manner of death?
To: Responsibility2nd
Do they really need an autopsy to determine the manner of death?Your tax dollars aren't going to spend themselves.
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posted on
05/31/2024 5:37:20 PM PDT
by
kiryandil
(FR Democrat Party operatives! Rally in defense of your Colombian cartel stooge Merchan!)
To: Responsibility2nd
Maybe the husband shot her and dumped the body for ‘gator food.
I don’t think that happened, but an autopsy might determine if it did.
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posted on
05/31/2024 5:38:01 PM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
Maybe someone pitched her into dat bayou.
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posted on
05/31/2024 5:38:06 PM PDT
by
Jane Long
(The role of the GOP: to write sharply-worded letters as America becomes a communist hell-hole.)
To: kiryandil
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posted on
05/31/2024 5:39:12 PM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
(When did WE decide to make America a UN 5-Star Asylum Paradise for Socialist losers?)
To: Responsibility2nd
I thought they shot the gator in the head. And they’re still going to do an autopsy?
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posted on
05/31/2024 5:40:13 PM PDT
by
BipolarBob
(If at first you don't succeed then skydiving is not for you.)
To: Responsibility2nd
Reminder to floss teeth after each carnivorous meal.
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posted on
05/31/2024 5:41:08 PM PDT
by
Gene Eric
(Don't be a statist! )
To: Responsibility2nd
Is silly as it sounds at first, it really is a good idea.
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posted on
05/31/2024 5:41:54 PM PDT
by
ChildOfThe60s
("If you can remember the 60s....you weren't really there")
To: BipolarBob
Because there is a mosque nearby, it could be a Muslim alligator in which case they’re called an Allah Gator.
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posted on
05/31/2024 5:41:57 PM PDT
by
BipolarBob
(If at first you don't succeed then skydiving is not for you.)
To: BipolarBob
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posted on
05/31/2024 5:43:40 PM PDT
by
kiryandil
(FR Democrat Party operatives! Rally in defense of your Colombian cartel stooge Merchan!)
To: Responsibility2nd
She could have been murdered or had a medical emergency and died then the gator found her.
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posted on
05/31/2024 5:43:52 PM PDT
by
vivenne
To: Responsibility2nd
Do they really need an autopsy to determine the manner of death?I would say yes. It could have been a murder where the killer dropped the body in the bayou to spirit away the evidence.
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posted on
05/31/2024 5:44:09 PM PDT
by
higgmeister
(In the Shadow of The Big Chicken! )
To: Responsibility2nd
Poke Salad Annie
Gator’s got your granny...
To: Jane Long
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posted on
05/31/2024 5:47:44 PM PDT
by
Responsibility2nd
(A truth that’s told with bad intent, Beats all the lies you can invent ~ Wm. Blake)
To: Responsibility2nd
What’s the gator SUPPOSED to do with it?
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posted on
05/31/2024 5:48:20 PM PDT
by
Libloather
(Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Hog pen is more effective.
Or so I’ve heard.
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posted on
05/31/2024 5:48:39 PM PDT
by
PAR35
To: Responsibility2nd
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posted on
05/31/2024 5:52:29 PM PDT
by
Jane Long
(The role of the GOP: to write sharply-worded letters as America becomes a communist hell-hole.)
To: Libloather
Really. The Gator found her and was returning her to the police. Then they shot him.
Not a nice thing to do.
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posted on
05/31/2024 5:58:35 PM PDT
by
Responsibility2nd
(A truth that’s told with bad intent, Beats all the lies you can invent ~ Wm. Blake)
To: Responsibility2nd
You mean like a hound dog, retrieving a dead duck without chewing it up first? Gator could have been trained.
To: Responsibility2nd
A Texas Gator had something stuck in it’s craw?
Imagine that...
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posted on
05/31/2024 6:29:38 PM PDT
by
moovova
("The NEXT ELECTION is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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