Body found in a field by the University of Houston in 3rd Ward
A man's body was found off an entrance to IH-45 in the 2000 block of Cullen on Wednesday afternoon, just across the freeway from the University of Houston, just east of Downtown Houston.
Houston Police, during a press briefing, stated the man's body was found by a Houston Fire Department apparatus as it was returning to the station after a call. Firefighters stopped to check on the man and determined that he was already deceased. The firefighters reported their findings to the Houston Police Department at which point a homicide investigation began.
The man, who has not been identified was found by the entrance ramp. Police believe he was in his 30s and say the man possibly died due to some sort of blunt trauma, but the medical examiner will perform an autopsy to confirm these findin...