Houston police say an alligator was found taking bites out of a woman near Clear Lake on Tuesday morning.
Houston police say officers found a woman’s remains in the jaws of an alligator in Horsepen Bayou on Tuesday morning.According to police, they were searching for a missing woman around 8:40 a.m. near the 2700 block of Coastal Oak Drive when they made the tragic discovery.SUGGESTED: Houston weather: Magnolia homes collapse, 16-year-old killed amid severe weather, officials sayOfficers said there was an alligator taking bites out of a female victim.
The identity of the woman, believed to be in her 60s, has not been released.Police say an HPD sergeant shot and killed the alligator to keep it from doing more damage to the remains.FOX 26 Houston is now on the FOX LOCAL app available through Apple TV, Amazon FireTV, Roku, Google Android TV, and Vizio!The HPD Dive Team recovered the woman’s remains and the alligator from the bayou.Authorities say it's unclear if the woman died before the incident.
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