No bodies during search at former Clear Lake Golf Course, police say

Houston Police Department Homicide detectives and FBI agents conducted an excavation search for dead bodies on Exploration Green Park off Reseda and Ramada drives Thursday on March 7, 2019, in Houston. An official said no bodies were found and the search ended. less Houston Police Department Homicide detectives and FBI agents conducted an excavation search for dead bodies on Exploration Green Park off Reseda and Ramada drives Thursday on March 7, 2019, in Houston. An ... more Photo: Godofredo A. Vasquez, Staff Photographer Photo: Godofredo A. Vasquez, Staff Photographer Image 1 of / 11 Caption Close No bodies during search at former Clear Lake Golf Course, police say 1 / 11 Back to Gallery

Houston police and FBI agents are wrapping up a large search for bodies at the former Clear Lake Golf Course, according to authorities.

Houston police have not given any details on the search or what led up to it. The FBI has not responded to requests for comment.

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KHOU reported that the agencies received a tip Wednesday about buried bodies in the area. HPD homicide detectives told a group of reporters on the scene Thursday that detectives didn't find anything.

Residents described the area as "a quiet little neighborhood." They said that police arrived Wednesday morning and after a few hours taped off several acres of the former golf course.

"People walk by here everyday," said Paul Irvin, 61, whose house is across the street from the scene. "I've never seen the ground disturbed."

Police left the scene around 10:30 a.m. Irvin, who has lived in the neighborhood for 12 years, said crews have regularly come in over the years to landscape the former golf course into a retention pond.

A few hundred feet away from the scene, an elementary school was having a track & field day.

"I don't think anyone expects this to happen in their neighborhood," Irvin said.

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