{"id":72035,"date":"2025-12-01T22:12:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T22:12:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/72035\/"},"modified":"2025-12-01T22:12:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T22:12:06","slug":"woman-found-dead-at-east-houston-apartment-had-been-reported-missing-a-week-before","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/72035\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman found dead at east Houston apartment had been reported missing a week before"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Police Crime Tape (KPRC\/Click2Houston.com)<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">HOUSTON \u2013 Houston Police are investigating the death of a woman who was found at an apartment in the eastern part of town a week after she was reported missing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">34-year-old Brittany Gamble was reported missing on Nov. 20. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">On Nov. 27, officers responded to an apartment complex at 666 Maxey Road after getting reports that there was a dead woman inside one of the units.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">When officers arrived, they were met by a man who said the woman had been staying with him since he met her on Nov. 19. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Paramedics responded and pronounced the woman, identified as Gamble, dead at the scene. Officers noticed Gamble had an abrasion on her face and bruising on her upper body.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Officers learned Gamble had been reported missing seven days before she was found. The Harris County Medical Examiner\u2019s Office also responded to the apartment and believes Gamble had been dead for about three days before she was found.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">An autopsy will determine the cause of death and the investigation is ongoing. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Anyone with information about this case is urged to contact the HPD Homicide Division at 713-308-3600.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 nALdY copyright\">Copyright 2025 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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