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Body found in Buffalo Bayou in downtown Houston

The Houston Police Department is investigating the death of an unidentified man found by a cleanup crew, amid 31 bodies recovered from local bayous in 2025.

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BREAKING | A body was found in Buffalo Bayou in downtown Houston. It's the first body reportedly found in a Houston bayou in 2026.
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First body of 2026 pulled out of Houston river that sleuths link to serial killer

More than 30 bodies were recovered from bayous in the Houston area last year, officials say

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Body reportedly found in Houston’s Buffalo Bayou

It's the first reported body recovered in the Houston bayous in 2026.

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Investigation underway after man's body spotted in Buffalo Bayou in downtown Houston, HPD says

HPD says that officers were dispatched to Buffalo Bayou along Commerce Street, where a cleanup crew spotted a man's body in the bayou while doing maintenance in the area.

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Houston officials investigating body found in Buffalo Bayou, first of 2026

Houston authorities are investigating after a body was found in Buffalo Bayou Tuesday afternoon

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Body found in Buffalo Bayou in downtown Houston

BREAKING | A body was found in Buffalo Bayou in downtown Houston. It's the first body reportedly found in a Houston bayou in 2026.

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Body found in Houston's Buffalo Bayou

Houston police are investigating after a body was found in Buffalo Bayou on Tuesday afternoon.

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KRIV broke the news in on Tuesday, January 6, 2026.
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