Sara Goodwin was reported lacking on Feb. 6.
Houston Police Division
A lacking Houston girl was strangled and dismembered by a person who burned his home down whereas making an attempt to kill himself, courtroom paperwork present.
Henry David Cossette, 28, was charged Monday with homicide, arson and tampering with proof within the demise of Sara Goodwin, 19, who was reported lacking on Feb. 6, based on courtroom paperwork obtained by KPRC.
Cossette, of Houston, allegedly strangled the younger girl earlier than mutilating her corpse and hiding her stays. He then set hearth to his house on Saturday, KHOU reported.
Houston police stated in a press release to The Publish Tuesday that Cossette admitted to killing a girl and led detectives to a physique.
The stays, that are believed to belong to Goodwin, have been despatched to the health worker to positively establish, police stated.
Mates and family members of Goodwin had requested for the group’s assist in monitoring her down. A buddy advised the station she labored as a intercourse employee, however was a loving and doting sister to her youthful brother.
“She has a 15-year-old brother she's going to die for … that she mainly raises,” buddy Jessica Finn advised KHOU.
Quanell X, a neighborhood activist, stated he believed Goodwin was taken in opposition to her will by a person with a gun who had been noticed by intercourse employees within the space driving a four-door grey Honda.
“That very same car was seen cruising round after Sara’s abduction,” he advised KHOU.
The person was additionally noticed in southwest Houston allegedly trying to lure two different girls into his car, Quanell X stated.
Police, in the meantime, advised KPRC that surveillance video confirmed Goodwin “willingly” moving into the car seen on the footage.
Goodwin’s telephone was discovered by her associates at an house complicated in Houston, the place they scoured for clues on Thursday and handed out lacking individual flyers, KHOU reported final week.
“I do know that she is scared and anxious and I would like her to know that folks care about her,” Finn stated Thursday.
Cossette, who was booked into Harris County Jail on Monday, is being held with out bond forward of a courtroom date set for Wednesday, on-line information present. It’s unclear if he’s employed an lawyer who may converse on his behalf.
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