HOUSTON — A University of Houston student who had been missing since last week was found dead, according to the Houston Police Department.

The body of Jade "Sage" McKissic was pulled from Brays Bayou near Spur 5 South on the afternoon of Monday, September 15. The scene is less than a mile from the UH campus.

The 20-year-old UH junior had been missing since September 11. She was last seen leaving LA Burgers and Daiquiris on North MacGregor Way near Scott Street in the Third Ward. Friends told police that they'd been partying at local bars and McKissic left alone without her cell phone.

Surveillance video shows McKissic going to a gas station next door to buy a drink and then walking toward Brays Bayou.

Police said her body was found about 2.5 miles from where she was last seen. They

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