A 30-year old mother of four was found hanging from a dock in Texas in an apparent suicide but local police believe she was killed, and already have two persons of interest in mind, according to police and local reports.
On May 31, officers responded to reports of "a woman hanging off a dock of a marina" in the 700 block of Davis Road, according to the League City Police Department, adding that callers told authorities that the body appeared to be "lifeless" and "hung from a rope."
Responding officers and League City Fire Department staff quickly pronounced the woman, later identified by friends as Giselle Tapia-Salazar, dead at the scene.
Now, nearly two weeks after her body was discovered, police say that foul play is suspected.
"Because of the position of her arm, we believe she probably passed away somewhere else. Rigor Mortis set in and then she was moved, her arms stayed in that position," League City Police Lt. Eric Cox told KHOU.
Authorities are still waiting on a medical examiner's report and a toxicology report to determine her true cause of death, according to The Daily News, which also reports that no stab or gunshot wounds were discovered on the body.
The outlet also says police have two person's of interest in the case, and are combing through 2,000 security clips from the area.
Police aren't the only ones who noticed the awkward positioning of the body. Christian Allen, a neighbor who lives around the marina, also spoke to KHOU, revealing that the body was found partially submerged off the dock.
"At first, I thought it was a mannequin and then we realized... we recognized her," Allen said, adding that he "didn't buy the whole suicide thing."
After discovering the body, police confirmed that they spoke to a man at the dock who was "possibly the victim's boyfriend," who became, "very distraught and not come out of his boat" when he learned the news.
The boyfriend, later identified as James Hart, told reporters that the whole ordeal, "feels like a nightmare you can't wake up from."
A GoFundMe has been set up by the victim's brother to cover funeral expenses.
"...Giselle was a single mother of 4, leaving behind 3 little ones for my mother and I to raise," her brother wrote.
"God has a plan for everyone and the only thing giving my family peace is knowing that my sister no longer suffers."
