HOUSTON – Houston police have released the identity of a woman who was found shot to death inside a vehicle in southwest Houston.
The victim has been identified as Amber Butler, 27.
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According to police, officers responded to a person down call in the 3600 block of Willowbend Blvd. shortly after 9:30 a.m. Friday.
They arrived to find Butler unresponsive in the driver’s seat of a white, Chevrolet Malibu which was parked in a main lane of traffic with the engine still running.
She had suffered a gunshot wound to the head and pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
A preliminary investigation determined Butler was in the late stages of pregnancy and the unborn child did not survive.
Police said there was no evidence of weapons or ammunition near the scene.
At this time, investigators do not believe this incident to be a result of aggressive driving or a suicide.