Woman describes moment she discovered 12-year-old girl’s body in North Houston Creek.

grandma? It's scary. >> This is KPRC. 2 news at 5 o'clock. Thank you for joining us. I'm Daniella Guzman. >> I'm Keith Garvin. Tonight we're learning more about the timeline leading up to the discovery of that 12 year-old girl's body. Hpd said she was discovered in a north Houston creek around 6 o'clock yesterday morning. >> Police believe she was murdered after she snuck out of her apartment off Rankin Road the night before. No arrests have been made so far in KPRC, two's Corley Peel. Joining us now live from Rankin Road and Northborough Drive where the timeline ended. Corley. >> Now the woman is shaken up after she found the 12 year-old girl's body here at this creek. And today we've learned about a phone call. The girl had before her body was found. >> Driving past this creek offering can road Monday morning. Billie Jean Jackson couldn't believe what she saw. >> I have dropped my husband at work and I was going home. I was just driving in. Habit of he says watched the water rise. You can look at the creeks and saw this happen to look. She was there. I thought it was a mannequin. >> Jackson immediately called 9-1-1. She learned the 12 year-old girl she found was murdered. What was going through your mind when you saw that? Well, can somebody do this? >> How can somebody leave someone laying there? It's not something you expect to see anywhere. Mayor John Whitmire spoke during City Council on Tuesday. >> Sharing how the devastating timeline begins. Mother last saw her daughter at 10 o'clock when. >> Everybody to bed. Sometime between 10 and 12 should let up. >> Hpd says the girl snuck out of her apartment off Rankin Road. At some point. She spoke with her 13 year-old boyfriend on the phone. >> It appears that he last talked to come in around midnight. We're talking to 2 grown-up. >> A source tells me the 7.11 offering can incur canal has surveillance of the girl inside the store roughly 6 hours later, Jackson made the discovery that a family should never have to hear about. >> They all deserve some compassion right now. >> At this time, the girl's cause of death has not been released. And at this time, no suspects have been arrested or named. But HPD is asking for anyone who has any information to come forward, contact HPD or Crime Stoppers. There isn't up to $5,000 reward for any information that could lead to

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Published: Tue Jun 18 2024