A 25-year-old mother was found dead on the floor of her Eastex-Jensen home Monday afternoon, with no visible signs of injury or trauma, according to Houston police. Her children were home with her at the time, and one of them reached out to neighbors for help.
Officers responded to a report of a deceased female at 3351 Persimmon Street at about 1 p.m. on Monday, September 28, according to details released by City of Houston News. When officers arrived, they found the woman lying on the floor without obvious wounds or signs of a struggle. Houston Fire Department paramedics pronounced her dead at the scene. Her identity is being withheld pending notification of family members, per the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences.
Sergeant M. Cass of HPD’s Homicide Division reported the details of the investigation, per HPD Homicide Division. The case is being tracked under incident number 122888726, and the woman’s cause of death remains pending determination by the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences, which will conduct the autopsy.
Why Homicide Detectives Are Involved Despite No Signs of Trauma
Even though first responders reported no visible injuries, Houston Police Department protocol directs Homicide Division detectives to process all unattended death scenes whenever criminal activity cannot be immediately ruled out. That standard practice, outlined in prior Hoodline reporting on a similar case, HPD awaits autopsy results in cases like this one before determining whether foul play was involved…