Hiding Homicide: How Hpd Undercounts Murder

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Twenty three-year-old Stephen McCoy

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Twenty three-year-old Stephen McCoy's body sprawled across the floor of his parents' home, lifeless.

The cause of his death?

The answer depends on whom you ask: You see, the expert pathologists at the Harris County Medical Examiners' Office and the Houston Police Department have different answers.

The medical examiner's scientific finding: Homicide.

But the police told McCoys parents, "It was a suicide."

after a thorough autopsy, the medical examiner's office knew something about Stephen McCoy's death the police did not pass on to his parents:

The medical examiner had completely ruled out any chance the young man had killed himself.

In fact, the medical examiner's autopsy revealed a total of not one, not two, but four separate bullets that penetrated McCoy's body.

That includes three bullets that shot through his chest and lungs and a fourth that entered his body from the very back of his head.

Further? The pathologists found no evidence the gun was even in contact with McCoy's body when it was fired.

In murder after murder and case after case, KHOU has discovered the Houston Police Department has found ways to wipe homicides off the books.

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Seems like HPD has been screwed up ever since Harold Hurtt became chief!! From their chase policy, HPD crime lab, police studying online for their degrees on work time, overtime abuse, sleeping in patrol cars, etc. I wonder why Mayor White never considered hiring a chief from within HPD when he took office. He had to go to Phoenix to get a chief.

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HPD has been corrupt for a very long time. We just live in an age of technology which makes it much easier to expose the corruption.

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