Black and Missing
Houston real estate investor found dead after he was last seen stumbling out of bar 13 days ago
Delano Burkes was last seen two weeks ago stumbling out of a bar after a night out with friends in Houston.
Delano Burkes was last seen two weeks ago stumbling out of a bar after a night out with friends in Houston.
13 days later, his body was found deceased. His family is now demanding answers.
What police say what happened to Delano Burkes
According to authorities, Burkes body was spotted floating in the Houston Ship Channel Friday (Nov. 25th) by workers on a tugboat, KHOU11 reported.
Burkes had gone missing while barhopping with a group of friends in the Heights neighborhood on Nov. 13.
Surveillance video showed the 26-year-old leaving McIntyre’s bar near West 19th Street — after reportedly being escorted out — and stumbling while crossing the street. His family said Burke appeared to be in pain.
Additional footage captured Burkes wandering around the neighborhood after 1 a.m.
What the family believes what happened
“We believe it’s something sinister that happened with him. He did not look like he had control of his legs. It did not look like he was going to make it very far,” Burkes’ mother, Karen Jeffrey, said during a press conference last week, news station KTRK reported.
Burke’s family purports he looked like he had been drugged. Police said they had no evidence that the real estate investor had been given any intoxicating substance without his knowledge, but they also were not ruling it out.
Jeffrey said that after her son left the bar on his own, his friends got in his car and headed home without him.
Burkes’ family has spent the last 13 days seeking answers, handing out fliers with his picture in the area where he was last seen.
Fox 26 reports Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee has been in close contact with the family.
She announced a $5,000 reward through Crime Stoppers for information on Burkes death.
“The way he was fumbling around almost looked like he was drugged or something,” said Karen Jeffley, Burkes’ mother, after reviewing the surveillance footage, Chron reported. She noted others have said, “it looks like his side was hurting.”
An autopsy will be performed on Burkes to determine his cause and manner of death.
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