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Houston police found the body of a woman inside a large U-Haul box after CCTV footage captured to a man who transported her there on a dolly.
The police officers rushed to the scene after being notified of a suspicious package outside an apartment block in Houston, Texas, on Sunday.
Surveillance footage captured a man carrying the U-Haul box on a dolly and dropping it near a parking space in the complex, Houston police say. https://t.co/EXwTp4bBqS—ABC04 Houston (@abc13houston) April 18, 2022
A maintenance man reported the box after detecting a bad odor coming from the place, according to the KPRC chain.
Officers discovered a dead body inside the box after arriving at the scene.
The woman, who is believed to have 35 years, was found inside. She has not been identified and her cause of death is unknown.
Matthew Hughey , of the Houston Police Department, told reporters that CCTV footage showed a person loading the box onto a dolly.
The suspect left her there and walked away from the scene.
Cops recognized the man from the scene, but a motive has not been determined.
Hughey said, “I couldn’t comment on his motivation as to why he came back on the scene.”
Residents were not surprised that a box containing a dead body was found.
Ashley Garcia told ABC13: “It’s a regular thing here. There is always something going on in this complex.”
Police have since questioned the person of interest after he was found in the apartment block .
He could face charges, including abuse of a corpse, according to police. The police are trying to find out if he is the person they identified in the video.
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