August 12, 2024 - Charges have been filed against a suspect arrested in the death of a woman found at 11077 Northwest Freeway (U.S. Highway 290) service road about 4:10 p.m. on Saturday (August 10).

The suspect, Ivan Bautista Cazarez, 27, is charged with murder in the 182nd State District Court. A booking photo of Bautista Cazarez is attached to this news release.

The identity of the deceased female, 27, is pending verification by the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences.

HPD Homicide Division Detectives L. Patterson and N. Henderson reported:

On Saturday, Bautista Cazarez walked into the HPD Northwest Patrol Division Station and admitted to officers he killed the mother of his child and drove her to the parking lot at the above address and left her in the vehicle. Patrol officers and Houston Fire Department paramedics responded to the address and found the victim in the backseat of a vehicle. HFD paramedics pronounced the woman deceased.

Bautista Cazarez was transported to HPD Homicide where he was interviewed by detectives. The Harris County District Attorney's Office was contacted and Bautista Cazarez was subsequently charged. He was then booked into the Harris County Jail.