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Body of woman with county ties found in Houston

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South Houston resident Lillian High, whose granddaughter lives in Galveston County, has been missing since October. On Wednesday Houston police found High's car and her body. It happens that it was during a dive training session by Houston Police divers that the car was found.

From KHOU-TV

HOUSTON – Police on Wednesday found a rental car that a missing 82-year-old woman was driving when she disappeared more than four months ago. A dive team discovered the car in a retention pond in southeast Houston. Police said Lillian High’s body was inside.

Officers said High, who disappeared on her way to work at a local Chase Bank branch in October, was still wearing her bank ID badge and uniform when she was found. They also found her purse inside the car.

HPD said a dive team was conducting training in the retention pond off Old Galveston Road near the Beltway Wednesday morning when they happened upon the black Dodge Avenger.

Read more of KHOU-TV's story.

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T.J. Aulds is mainland editor for The Daily News. He is a former producer with Channel 11's KHOU.com in Houston and a former editor of the Texas City Sun. Aulds was a 2007 recipient of the Jim Lehrer Award for Journalism.

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