Mystery surrounds body found plastic-wrapped in a closet near San Antonio

Nearly four months after the body of 29-year-old Michael Poche was found wrapped in plastic and tucked in a closet on the Far Westside, several questions remain about his death. The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office is continuing to investigate, but the charges in the immediate aftermath of his discovery leave no one on the hook for his death.

A missing-person report on Sunday night, July 26, quickly unfolded into a mystery for detectives. A body wrapped in plastic, blood believed to be a crime scene and reports of a night-terror incident all emerged within hours.

Deputies were called to the 700 block of Fort Leanord on the Far Westside of Bexar County in response to a missing person’s report. A friend said Poche left the house after a night terror. However, when investigators searched the home near Potranco and Highway 211, they found Poche’s body in a closet, wrapped in plastic…

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