Left inset: Christopher Henson. Right inset: Margaret Brown (Bexar County Sheriff’s Office). Background: The Texas home where Christopher Henson and Margaret Brown allegedly cleaned the scene where a man’s body was found stowed away in a closet (KSAT/YouTube).
A married Texas couple had a dead man’s body wrapped “tightly” in plastic inside their closet, with cops calling it “highly suspicious,” according to police officials.
Christopher Henson and Margaret Brown, both 30, are each charged with one count of tampering with physical evidence in connection with the grisly discovery of the victim’s body on Sunday, according to court records viewed by Law&Crime.
Brown called police that day around 4:30 p.m. to report that her 30-year-old friend, who rented a home that the couple owns in the 700 block of Fort Leonard, had gone missing, according to the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office.
“The homeowner, who was present for the report, stated she last saw the missing person at approximately 2:00 a.m. earlier that morning,” a BCSO press release explains. “During a search of the residence, a male subject arrived and was identified as Christopher Henson, Brown’s husband.”
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Deputies conducted a “further search of the residence” and found the male victim in a “vacant room’s closet, inside a clear plastic bag,” according to the BCSO release. The man was covered in lacerations.
“The male subject inside the bag exhibited multiple lacerations covering his body,” the release explains. “A crime scene was identified within the residence, and evidence indicated that Brown and Henson were attempting to clean the scene prior to deputies’ arrival.”
Both Brown and Henson were taken into custody and charged with tampering with physical evidence, with cops saying they found blood evidence that the couple attempted to clean before police arrived.
Brown and another woman staying at the residence both told police that the victim was a new tenant at the house. They said the man left the home that evening after experiencing a “night terror.” He was found inside a closet in a vacant bedroom, cops report.
Investigators say they found evidence of a crime related to the victim’s death at another residence.
“It’s just highly unlikely that anybody would harm themselves and then wrap themselves up in plastic as tightly as what we’ve found here,” Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar told local ABC affiliate KSAT.
Both Brown and Henson are being held on separate $100,000 bonds.
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