Houston city leaders hold community meeting after six bodies found in bayous

City leaders are facing the community this morning following the discovery of six bodies in Houston bayous over the past few weeks, aiming to address growing concerns and rumors among residents.

Council Member Letitia Plummer is hosting a meeting at Good Hope Missionary Baptist Church on North MacGregor at 10 a.m., calling on city leaders and residents to come together, confront the issue, and discuss solutions to keep the area safe.

In the past few weeks, six bodies have been recovered from Houston’s extensive bayou system, which spans more than 25 hundred miles of waterways.

Of those, one has been identified as a University of Houston student, four remain unidentified, and another’s identity is being withheld pending family notification.

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