{"id":66796,"date":"2025-11-27T01:48:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T01:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/66796\/"},"modified":"2025-11-27T01:48:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T01:48:09","slug":"woman-found-dead-earlier-this-month-near-dart-station-in-lake-highlands-officials-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/66796\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman found dead earlier this month near DART station in Lake Highlands, officials say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">A woman was found dead next to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/topic\/dart\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/topic\/dart\/\">DART<\/a> station in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/topic\/lake-highlands\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/topic\/lake-highlands\/\">Lake Highlands<\/a> area of Dallas earlier this month, DART Police Chief Charles Cato said in an emailed statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">On Nov. 1, one person was discovered dead near the Forest Lane DART station. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">The person was later identified as Jessica Lee, 44, Cato said. It remains unclear how she died, and no arrests have been made.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">No further details about the incident were immediately available.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">This incident marks the third homicide on DART property since September. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">On Sept. 29, Daniel Gormley, 53, was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/crime\/2025\/10\/03\/man-fatally-shot-on-dart-train-in-stemmons-corridor-affidavit-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/crime\/2025\/10\/03\/man-fatally-shot-on-dart-train-in-stemmons-corridor-affidavit-says\/\">shot three times<\/a> on a DART train in Stemmons Corridor. He was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Crime in The News<\/p>\n<p class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__3beff secondaryRoman secondaryRoman-20 text-center text-gray-dark\">Read the crime and public safety news your neighbors are talking about.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__8MgJa flex flex-wrap text-gray-dark secondaryRoman secondaryRoman-10 text-center justify-center\">By signing up, you agree to our\u00a0<a class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__lU9-l border-b border-gray-dark hover_border-0 focus_border-0 active_border-0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/help\/terms-of-service\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Terms of Service<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__lU9-l border-b border-gray-dark hover_border-0 focus_border-0 active_border-0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/help\/privacy-policy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">On Oct. 5, 44-year-old Norman Brown was fatally shot with an AK-47 by someone <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/2025\/10\/09\/suspect-in-fatal-dart-shooting-wore-jason-style-mask-officials-say\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/2025\/10\/09\/suspect-in-fatal-dart-shooting-wore-jason-style-mask-officials-say\/\">wearing a Jason mask<\/a> on a DART train at the Pearl\/Arts District DART station.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">A shooting also occurred on a DART train near <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/crime\/2025\/11\/08\/1-injured-suspect-in-custody-after-dart-shooting-friday-officials-say\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/crime\/2025\/11\/08\/1-injured-suspect-in-custody-after-dart-shooting-friday-officials-say\/\">Akard Station on Nov. 7<\/a> that left one injured.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"dmnc_features-article-body-embeds-subject-tag-list-with-images-list-with-images-module__P4zn3 inline-block pr-8 shrink-0 w-auto flex flex-col\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/transportation\/2025\/11\/26\/dart-will-have-limited-service-schedule-for-thanksgiving-holiday-heres-what-to-expect\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:190 \/ 127\" class=\"dmnc_features-article-body-embeds-subject-tag-list-with-images-list-with-images-module__6H-hI dmnc_images-modern-image-module__QFaG- max-w-full h-auto text-white dmnc_images-modern-image-module__9Zlll bg-gray-light object-contain\" width=\"190\" height=\"127\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1764208088_146_TPWGG42CI5E47NF2HNB33QASNE.jpg\" alt=\"A DART bus drives past the Pearl\/Arts District Station on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025, in Dallas.\"\/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/transportation\/2025\/11\/26\/dart-will-have-limited-service-schedule-for-thanksgiving-holiday-heres-what-to-expect\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">DART will have limited service schedule for Thanksgiving holiday. Here\u2019s what to expect.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>All services will have modified schedules Thursday and Friday. See what will change.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"dmnc_features-article-body-embeds-subject-tag-list-with-images-list-with-images-module__P4zn3 inline-block pr-8 shrink-0 w-auto flex flex-col\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/opinion\/editorials\/2025\/11\/26\/need-to-get-to-dfw-airport-take-the-train\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:190 \/ 127\" class=\"dmnc_features-article-body-embeds-subject-tag-list-with-images-list-with-images-module__6H-hI dmnc_images-modern-image-module__QFaG- max-w-full h-auto text-white dmnc_images-modern-image-module__9Zlll bg-gray-light object-contain\" width=\"190\" height=\"127\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/747LX7TSQNCABN3TRR7MX5HB7Y.jpg\" alt=\"A DART Silver Line train crosses a bridge nearing U.S. 75 during segment testing of the new...\"\/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/opinion\/editorials\/2025\/11\/26\/need-to-get-to-dfw-airport-take-the-train\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Need to get to DFW Airport? Take the train<\/a><\/p>\n<p>DART has a unique chance to pitch itself to holiday travelers.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"dmnc_features-article-body-embeds-subject-tag-list-with-images-list-with-images-module__P4zn3 inline-block pr-8 shrink-0 w-auto flex flex-col\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/transportation\/2025\/11\/24\/addison-dart-withdrawal-election-plano-irving-transportation-cuts\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:190 \/ 127\" class=\"dmnc_features-article-body-embeds-subject-tag-list-with-images-list-with-images-module__6H-hI dmnc_images-modern-image-module__QFaG- max-w-full h-auto text-white dmnc_images-modern-image-module__9Zlll bg-gray-light object-contain\" width=\"190\" height=\"127\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1764208089_878_EQSXG3C3VBCC5FF7NW75IFM2C4.jpg\" alt=\"People board the newly inaugurated DART Silver Line as it prepares depart for the next...\"\/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/transportation\/2025\/11\/24\/addison-dart-withdrawal-election-plano-irving-transportation-cuts\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">A fifth North Texas city to consider election to pull out of DART<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Irving, Plano, Farmers Branch and Highland Park have already scheduled withdrawal elections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A woman was found dead next to a DART station in the Lake Highlands area of Dallas earlier&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":66797,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[294,2261,2461,962,160,162,161],"class_list":{"0":"post-66796","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-plano","8":"tag-crime","9":"tag-dart","10":"tag-homicide","11":"tag-lake-highlands","12":"tag-plano","13":"tag-plano-headlines","14":"tag-plano-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66796","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=66796"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66796\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}