FOUND DECEASED: Melissa Rene Sowders, 26 Yrs., Cypress Creek, TX (12/26/13)

01-02-14 – Texas EquuSearch Director Tim Miller, and Texas EquuSearch member Paul Kovach and have located a body in Cypress Creek during the search for 26 year-old Melissa Sowders. Though the body is thought to be Melissa; positive identification must still be confirmed by the medical examiner and law enforcement investigators. We want to thank the Harris County Sheriff’s Department Homicide investigators for their diligent, relentless and professional work on this case. We also want to thank the many members of Texas EquuSearch that came out and worked extremely hard to find Melissa, in hopes of bringing her home safely. We ask that everyone please keep Melissa’s family and friends in your thoughts and prayers during this most difficult time in their lives.

http://www.khou.com/news/crime/Body-found-in-Cypress-Creek-by-searchers-looking-for-missing-pregnant-woman-238457631.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2532674/Melissa-Sowders-missing-mother-four-feared-dead.html

http://abcnews.go.com/US/divers-recover-body-missing-pregnant-texas-woman/story?id=21401745

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/body-found-in-search-for-missing-pregnant-texas-woman/

12-28-13 – The search for 26 year-old Melissa Sowders will resume on Sunday morning – December 29th 2013 at 9:00 a.m. We will be in need of searchers on foot and ATV. The staging area will be located in the field directly next door to “Main Street America”, which is located at 18750 I-45 North in Spring, Texas 77373. Main Street America is on the I-45 feeder road, about 1 ¼ miles north of FM 1960. (Google Map)

Your Search Coordinator is Frank Black, and he can be reached at (713) 301-6813.


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Previous Search: The search for 26 year-old Melissa Rene Sowders will begin on Saturday morning – December 28th 2013 at 8:30 a.m. The staging area for the search will be located at the “Daily Bread Church”, located at 106 Bammel-Westfield Rd. in Houston, Texas 77090.

The search is for windshield searchers only… at this point. Once Melissa’s vehicle is located, the search plans will likely change. Please dress appropriately for weather conditions in case the search plans change.

Your Search Coordinator is Frank Black, and he can be reached at (713) 301-6813.