Overview
- Houston police confirmed they recovered the body of an unnamed man after he entered Sims Bayou near Allendale on Saturday evening, Oct. 17.
- Police say the man’s car broke down and a witness stopped to help before the man, fully clothed, told the helper he wanted to swim and then went under the water multiple times.
- An HPD dive team and Houston Fire Department crews responded to the scene and conducted search and recovery operations after initial reports described the man as missing.
- Local reporting noted two bodies were found in nearby Buffalo Bayou the prior week, a sequence of water recoveries that has raised public attention to bayou safety.
- Authorities have released few details about the investigation and residents are being reminded that urban bayous can have strong currents, hidden debris and variable depths that make swimming dangerous.