{"id":113188,"date":"2026-01-06T20:53:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T20:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/113188\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T20:53:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T20:53:08","slug":"body-reportedly-spotted-in-buffalo-bayou-marking-first-case-of-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/113188\/","title":{"rendered":"Body reportedly spotted in Buffalo Bayou, marking first case of 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Police at Buffalo Bayou (KPRC 2)<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">HOUSTON \u2013 Authorities are at Buffalo Bayou where a body was reportedly spotted in the water Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The body was seen near Commerce Street and Fannin Street in downtown Houston.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The Houston Fire Department said they got the call at approximately 1:46 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Authorities are currently working to recover the body from the water.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">This is the first case where a body has been recovered from Houston bayous in 2026. In 2025, 34 bodies were pulled from bayous across the Houston area.<\/p>\n<p>Breaking News Alerts<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 kiwhtN\">Sign up for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 nALdY copyright\">Copyright 2026 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p>About the Author<a class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__LinkBase-sc-1fnzlkn-9 eUojqd gMnWPT\" href=\"https:\/\/www.click2houston.com\/team\/JB2Q1RZ712JI7KLO0BEWWLE7PS\/\" title=\"View Christian Terry&#039;s full profile\" itemprop=\"url\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Christian Terry<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 gnunoy bOlrXa\">Christian Terry covered digital news in Tyler and Wichita Falls before returning to the Houston area where he grew up. 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