{"id":344631,"date":"2026-06-21T10:06:39","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T10:06:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/344631\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T10:06:39","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T10:06:39","slug":"2-men-found-dead-in-vehicle-bought-at-auction-bodies-had-been-decomposing-more-than-24-hours-hcso-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/344631\/","title":{"rendered":"2 men found dead in vehicle bought at auction, bodies had been decomposing more than 24 hours, HCSO says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Mo Haider Image\" class=\"hsDdd NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/15664038_KTRK-Mo-Haider-Bio-2025-IMG.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Sunday, June 21, 2026 2:34AM<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAJCAQAAACRI2S5AAAAEElEQVR42mNkIAAYRxWAAQAG9gAKqv6+AwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"2 bodies found in vehicle at body shop dead more than 24 hours: HCSO\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) &#8212; Two men were found dead inside a vehicle at an auto body shop in north Harris County on Saturday morning, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The Sheriff said deputies responded to the 13600 block of Reeveston Road after employees at the body shop smelled a foul odor and discovered the bodies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Detectives said the vehicle arrived at the body shop on Friday afternoon via a tow truck and was purchased at an auction outside of Harris County. The new owner of the vehicle sent it to the body shop for repair, as it was wrecked and could not be driven.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Sgt. Michael Ritchie told Eyewitness News that deputies suspect the bodies had been decomposing for more than 24 hours before they were discovered.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Authorities have not revealed the victims&#8217; identities or any information detailing how they may have died.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">Ritchie said that investigators were interested in speaking with the tow truck driver who delivered the vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KTRK-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sunday, June 21, 2026 2:34AM HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) &#8212; Two men were found dead inside a vehicle&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":344632,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[122952,56,58,57],"class_list":["post-344631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-122952","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=344631"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344631\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/344632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=344631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=344631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=344631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}