Hey everyone. Welcome back to Crime Weekly News. I'm Derek Levasser.

And I'm Stephanie Harlow.

Over the past year, dozens of bodies have been recovered from

Houston's Bayou system, including more than 30, just in 2025 alone. Officials are very clear on the matter.

They say there is no evidence of a serial killer operating in the area and that these deaths are

unrelated. But despite those assurances, fear and speculation continue to grow online and in the community, which I think we can all understand.

When the numbers keep climbing and answers feel limited, people start asking a familiar question.

Is there something the public doesn't know?

Tonight, we're breaking down what's fueling these fears, what law enforcement is saying, and what the facts actually show.

And so, yeah, just on the surface when you hear this, first off, I think of the movie,

or welcome to Darius, the first thing I think of. But obviously, that's a fictional story,

as far as we know. But yeah, when you have 30 bodies alone recovered just in 2025, it's understandable that people from that community are going to start asking questions.

Yeah.

So actually, two bodies were found towards the end of December of 2025.

I got a bunch of messages.

I've been getting a bunch of messages for weeks talking about, you know, how people are like, hey, the cops are saying this isn't a serial killer.

People, you know, the cops are saying that this isn't related.

But we who live in this area are concerned and we would like you to look into it.

So let me talk about the location.

We've got the Buffalo Bayou System. It's the

primary natural waterway running through Houston. It's part of a much larger bayou system that

sort of defines the city's landscape, flood control infrastructure. It begins in western Harris

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