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When the body of University of Houston student Jade McKissic was found in the Brays Bayou on Sept. 16, police weren't immediately sure who she was. She had been reported missing five days earlier.

Days after they identified her, Houston police said they did not suspect foul play in her death. They said McKissic, 20, "had spent the evening with friends at local bars."

New details obtained by Houston Public Media indicate that surveillance video showed McKissic was "in an intoxicated state" when she walked out of a nearby gas station and "towards the bayou."

"She appears to be alone and no one appears to be following her before she goes out of view," police records state.

Houston Public Media obtained a year's worth of police documentation regar

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