Police are investigating the death of a Houston lesbian couple found murdered next to a dumpster in Port Bolivar, Texas, according to the Galveston County Sheriff’s Office.
A beer delivery man discovered the bodies of Britney Cosby and Crystal Jackson, both 24, outside of the Fisherman’s Cove store while taking out some trash Friday morning.
Police officials believe the women were killed somewhere else and dumped at the store. Early examinations for the causes of death determined the women were killed in different ways. There is not enough evidence to determine the motive for the murder or if the murders were a hate crime. Authorities are not releasing any other details of the murders since the investigation is ongoing.
The couple traveled from Houston to Galveston for Mardi Gras, according to relatives of the family. Cosby and Jackson had been living together for two years and raising Jackson’s 5-year-old daughter. Relatives became alarmed when they did not hear from the couple after Mardi Gras.
The couple’s recently purchased Kia Sorrento that they drove to Galveston is missing and may provide clues to their murders. Police and the victims’ families are urging anyone with details to come forward and call the Galveston County Sheriff’s Office tip line at 866-248-8477.
“Just come forward, just to give us closure as a family,” McDade Cosby, Britney’s sister, told ABC affiliate KTRK.