Houston police responding to report of body in Buffalo Bayou near downtown Tuesday morning – Houston Chronicle

Houston police responding to report of body in Buffalo Bayou near downtown Tuesday morning  Houston Chronicle

Houston police responded Tuesday to a report of a man's body in the Buffalo Bayou near downtown, according to a department spokesperson. The call came in around 8:20 a.m, said Erika Ramirez, a spokesperson for the department. A caller reported seeing a body in the bayou near a construction site at 625 N. York Street. Houston police said in a news release that the body was determined to be a man's, but his identity and cause of death are pending an autopsy. Since 2025, reports of bodies turning up in Houston's bayous have prompted safety concerns online and fueled rumors of a serial killer. However, city officials have repeatedly said there was no evidence that the deaths were related.

Houston Mayor John Whitmire previously said many of the bodies found in the bayous were people without homes who died and then ended up in the waterways. The Chronicle through data analysis found that bayou deaths linked to homelessness peaked in 2025. Ten people found dead in the city's bayous in 2025 were linked to homelessness, making up at least 29% of the 34 people found dead in bayous that year. A surge in bodies discovered in and near the city's bayous occurred in August, when seven bodies were found in a span of four weeks. City officials said there is