Man wanted in Houston murder found with mannequin in San Diego

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A man wanted for questioning in a Houston murder case was arrested by San Diego police in a Costco parking lot on Tuesday night, according to San Diego officials.



Adam Gouy, 26, is seen as a person of interest in the murder of Samuel Luke Delaschott, 44, who was found dead in the parking lot of a Burger King in the Montrose neighborhood on July 15.

Delaschott suffered a gunshot wound to the head and was pronounced dead at the scene.



Three people could be seen running from Delaschott's vehicle in surveillance footage from that morning.

San Diego detectives told reporters there that they found Gouy and a woman sleeping in a white Ford van with Texas plates in a Costco parking lot in a suburb north of San Diego. They said there was a mannequin wearing red lipstick and a baseball cap in the front seat.

The woman, identified as Amber Herdman, 30, was also arrested at the scene, according to San Diego police. Both are facing charges there of being under the influence of a controlled substance.

Gouy has not been charged in the Delaschott murder.

Houston detectives were in San Diego on Thursday questioning Gouy. It is not yet known if he will be brought back to Houston.



Gouy, a Houston resident, had previously been sentenced to eight months in jail in 2007 for failing to register as a sex offender, stemming from a 2003 sexual assault charge of a child. His last known Houston address was located in the Heights, according to public records.