{"id":3701,"date":"2026-06-06T04:01:35","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T04:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=3701"},"modified":"2026-06-06T04:01:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T04:01:35","slug":"body-of-33-year-old-father-of-4-sons-found-in-buffalo-bayou-his-mother-is-desperate-for-answers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=3701","title":{"rendered":"Body of 33-year-old father of 4 sons found in Buffalo Bayou, his mother is desperate for answers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div> <!-- --> <!-- --><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>HOUSTON<\/strong> &#8211; <\/span>A Houston mother is searching for answers after her 33-year-old son, Kenneth Young, was found dead in Buffalo Bayou just days after she last spoke with him. Young&#8217;s death is among more than 200 bodies recovered from Houston-area bayous since 2017, including more than 30 found in 2024 and 2025 alone.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=3699\">FIFA Fan Festival Houston: Road closures in East Downtown, map<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Houston mother seeking answers after her son was found dead in Buffalo Bayou<\/h2>\n<p> <!-- --><\/p>\n<p>What they&#8217;re saying:<\/p>\n<p> <!-- --><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p> <!-- --><\/p>\n<p>His mother, Farrah Nelson, says she last spoke to her son on April 22.<\/p>\n<p> <!-- --><\/p>\n<p>She says her oldest child spent some time at a hotel located at 6885 Southwest Freeway with friends.<\/p>\n<p> <!-- --><\/p>\n<p>She says she knows Kenneth was on Instagram trying to get a ride back home from the hotel.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <!-- --> <!-- --><\/p>\n<p>She says she also knows Kenneth was in the emergency room at Saint Joseph Hospital on April 25 based on a bill.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=3697\">Houston Avenue Bridge along I-10 struck by 18-wheeler, traffic slowed in the area<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <!-- --><\/p>\n<p>On April 30, Kenneth was found in Buffalo Bayou at 2200 South Sgt Macario Garcia Drive.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <!-- --><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The only thing they had of him was his flesh from being in the bayou,&#8221; Farrah said. &#8220;They only identified him through fingerprints.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <!-- --><\/p>\n<p>The exact cause of death is pending autopsy results.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <!-- --><\/p>\n<p>Kenneth&#8217;s mom says she&#8217;s convinced he met foul play.<\/p>\n<p> <!-- --><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s a lot of people who know what happened to him,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p> <!-- --><\/p>\n<p>What you can do:<\/p>\n<p> <!-- --><\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information should contact the Houston Police Department&#8217;s Homicide Division or Houston Crime Stoppers.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=3694\">Montgomery County crime: 38-year-old son charged in connection to the murder of his father<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <!-- --> <!-- --> <!-- --> <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Houston mother is searching for answers after her 33-year-old son, Kenneth Young, was found dead in Buffalo Bayou just days after she last spoke with him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3700,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,6,8,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime-and-public-safety","category-houston","category-news","category-top-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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