HOUSTON – Houston police announced Wednesday that a woman who is believed to be the mother of an infant who was found dead in a gas station bathroom in southwest Houston has been arrested.
UPDATE: Our partners at @CBPRGV arrested Diana Guadalupe Zavala Lopez, 25, on Tuesday (Aug. 1) in Brownsville, TX.
— Houston Police (@houstonpolice) August 2, 2023
Zavala Lopez is charged with felony tampering with evidence - human corpse and will be extradited to Harris County.
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According to police, Diana Guadalupe Zavala Lopez, 25, was arrested Tuesday in Brownsville. Zavala Lopez is charged with felony tampering with evidence - human corpse and will be extradited to Harris County.
HPD had released surveillance video of the woman on July 31. The incident happened on April 2.
The infant girl was found at around 4:25 a.m. at a gas station located in the 13000 block of S. Post Oak Road.
The surveillance video shows a woman walking into the gas station’s bathroom and leaving about 15 minutes later in a white Cadillac.
Several hours later, a customer went to use the bathroom, found the infant and called 911, police said.
Houston Fire Department paramedics arrived at the scene and attempted to save the baby, but authorities determined she had been dead for hours prior to being found.
Police said it appears the woman gave birth to the baby inside the bathroom and left.