{"id":435103,"date":"2026-09-13T23:44:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T23:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/435103\/"},"modified":"2026-09-13T23:44:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T23:44:11","slug":"male-body-dumped-at-gulfton-apartment-complex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/435103\/","title":{"rendered":"Male body dumped at Gulfton apartment complex"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789343050_321_default-image.png\" alt=\"Livestream\" class=\"livestream-poster-image\" data-v-b05d485a=\"\"\/>       <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">HOUSTON &#8211; An investigation is underway after a body was reportedly dumped at an apartment complex in southwest Houston Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>   Body left at Houston apartment complex <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KRIV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The scene was reported at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/5720+Rampart+St,+Houston,+TX+77081\/@29.7226812,-95.4993138,14.75z\/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x8640c2328bd0b857:0x74ca39ed5a464e4d!8m2!3d29.7190508!4d-95.4892901!16s%2Fg%2F11c4tr0mxd?entry=ttu&amp;g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDkwOS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Peachtree Apartments on Rampart Street<\/a>, near I-59 and Renwick Street.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Police say they responded to the scene at around 2:45 p.m. Saturday and met with Houston Fire personnel at the complex.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">When officers arrived, they found a male who was unresponsive. Houston Fire officials pronounced the male deceased at the scene.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Police tell FOX 26 that the male&#8217;s body showed no signs of trauma.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/rampart.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" width=\"932\" height=\"524\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KRIV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What we don&#8217;t know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Police at the scene did not identify the deceased person.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The male&#8217;s cause of death is under investigation.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KRIV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What you can do:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Anyone with more information on this case can call the HPD Homicide Division at 713-308-3600.<\/p>\n<p> 911 caller speaks <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KRIV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What they&#8217;re saying:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">An anonymous witness at the complex on Sunday told FOX 26 that she was the one who called 911.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">She tells reporter Leslie DelasBour that she called authorities after another person alerted her about the body.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">&#8220;I asked her \u2018What happened?\u2019 She said, \u2018Look, there\u2019s a guy dead,'&#8221; the witness said. &#8220;She said they just dropped a man there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">According to the witness, the male had bruises on his neck and his wallet was left empty.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">&#8220;I called the cops, and the cops asked me if the man was speaking something, and the man was not responding,&#8221; said the witness.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: Houston Police and an anonymous witness<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/us\/tx\/houston\/gulfton\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gulfton<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/top-stories\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Top Stories<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON &#8211; An investigation is underway after a body was reportedly dumped at an apartment complex in southwest&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":435104,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1046,12509,56,58,57,223,2053,216,393],"class_list":["post-435103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-crime-publicsafety","tag-gulfton","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-news","tag-top-stories","tag-tx","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435103","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=435103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435103\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/435104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=435103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=435103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=435103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}