Houston firefighters found a man hanging from a rope and on fire at a homeless encampment on Houston’s northeast side late Thursday night.
“It seems very unlikely (that the death was a suicide),” Houston Police Department Lt. A. Khan told OnScene TV.
Firefighters were dispatched to the Loop 610 underpass near Kirkpatrick around 10 p.m. Thursday after Union Pacific employees reported a brush fire, Khan said.
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The scene is adjacent to north-south railroad tracks.
The man is thought to be between 40 and 50 years old, according to a news release from the Houston Police Department. An identity was not released pending verification by the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences and notification of family members.
Firefighters put out the fire and discovered the body of the hanging man who was dead, Khan said.
An autopsy is being conducted by the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences to determine his cause of death.
At the scene, Khan told OnScene TV the details surrounding the man’s death were not known and no witnesses had come forward.
Houston Police Department continues to investigate the incident and those with information should call HPD’s Homicide Division at 713-308-3600 or Crimestoppers at 713-222-TIPS.
This article originally published at Man found hanging, burned at Houston homeless encampment likely wasn’t suicide, HPD says.