A man is being hung on a $1.2 million bond for supposedly strangling a 19-year-old Houston female, dismembering and hiding her body, and attempting to burn his apartment or condo down in a failed suicide effort.
Henry David Cossette, 28, was reserved Monday in the Harris County Prison for presumably killing 19-year-old Sara Goodwin, who has actually been missing because February 6, KPRC reported, mentioning court files. “Cosette was also charged with arson and damaging evidence– human remains, according to court documents,” the outlet composes. “His bond has been set at $1,200,000.”
Goodwin was last seen on February 6 in the 8600 block of South Course Drive, the Houston Authorities Department (HPD) stated in a press release. Goodwin’s friend, Jessica Finn, informed KHOU that the 19-year-old was a sex employee but noted she was a caring sibling.
“She has a 15-year-old sibling that she will crave … that she generally raises,” Finn stated.
Henry David Cossette (Houston Authorities Department) On Saturday, Houston police and firemens reacted to a home fire that was “deliberately” set, the HPD’s news release states. “Cossette was found inside the apartment or condo and he confessed to killing a 19-year-old female and leaving her body in the 1800 block of Fellows Road in south Houston,” where police recovered remains, according to the release.
Though the remains are pending official recognition, authorities think the lady to be Goodwin based on the information Cossette provided.
“Cossette has actually been implicated of strangling the victim, dismembering her body, concealing the remains, and after that trying to burn his apartment down while trying to kill himself,” KRPC reported, pointing out court documents.
Before a body lay, Goodwin’s loved ones looked for the help of neighborhood “activist Quanell X, who held a press conference on Thursday, discussing how they thought Goodwin was taken against her will,” according to KHOU.
The exact same day, pals found Goodwin’s mobile phone in the Victoria Park Apartment Building. The phone lay approximately three blocks from where she was last seen, according to KPRC.
In addition, the group had the ability to secure monitoring footage from a closeby vehicle dealer, which showed Goodwin going into a lorry thought to be a 2015-2017 Honda CRV, according to KHOU. Quanell X specified that sex workers had seen the cars and truck in the location and that they reported the driver had a gun.
Authorities informed KPRC that surveillance video reveals “the missing person voluntarily” entered the automobile.
Cossette was scheduled to appear in court on Wednesday, the Harris County Sheriff’s Office’s online inmate records reveal.