January 15, 2021 - Houston police have learned the cause of death of a woman found fatally shot at 8700 Meadowcroft Drive about 11:10 p.m. on January 4.  

The victim, Samanta Zapon, 19, was pronounced deceased at the scene.  Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences investigators have determined her cause of death to be suicide.  

HPD Homicide Division Sergeants B. Smith and T. Hollohazy reported:

Officers responded to a missing person call in the 10700 block of Westbrae Parkway and were advised by friends of the missing person (Ms. Zapon) on an address where her phone was showing to be located (at 8700 Meadowcroft Drive).

When officers arrived, they observed Zapon's vehicle parked on the street.  Officers and family members then located Zapon in an overgrown area at the end of the street.  She had sustained a gunshot wound to the chest.  Paramedics pronounced her deceased.  

Further investigation and an autopsy by the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences determined the gunshot wound to be self-inflicted.  



Update: VHS/JFC  1-15-21
JFC    1-5-21
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