Giselle Tapia-Salazar, a 30-year-old mother of four, was found dead and hanging from a dock on May 31
Giselle Tapia-Salazar, a mother of four, was found dead on May 31, hanging from a dock in League City, Texas. According to multiple reports, the 30-year-old’s death is now being investigated as suspected foul play.
Starting June 11, KHOU, KTRK and The daily news from Galveston County reports that police are investigating Tapia-Salazar’s death as a possible homicide and have identified two persons of interest. Police told media they believe the victim was murdered before being placed in that position The daily newsciting police, reported that the scene had been staged to look like a suicide.
On May 31, League City police confirmed in a press release on Facebook that they had been notified of a “woman.” [who] appeared to have been lifeless when she hung from a rope on the dock in the afternoon.
Tapia-Salazar was found near her boyfriend’s boat, where she was living at the time of her death. The friend, James Hart, told KHOU, “This is the worst thing that has ever happened to me.”
Hart added: “It feels like a nightmare you can’t wake up from. I had nothing to do with it and I never would have. I loved Giselle more than anything in the world. We were together 24/7. [and] I want justice for Giselle and for myself.”
League City police said in the department’s news release that when Hart was informed of Tapia-Salazar’s death, he “became very distraught and would not get out of his boat.”
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Christian Allen, Tapia-Salazar and Hart’s neighbor at the marina, told KHOU that he found Tapia-Salazar’s body “partially submerged in the water.” with one of her arms in an awkward position.
“Because of the position of her arm, we believe she likely died elsewhere,” League City police Lt. Eric Cox told KHOU. “Rigor Mortis sprang into action and when she was moved, her arms remained in that position.”
Allen said, “At first I thought it was a mannequin, and then we realized… we recognized her.”
Allen added, “I didn’t buy the whole suicide thing. “I want them to catch them because my kids are here and I don’t want to live near a murderer.”
Authorities are still waiting for an official cause of death. The victim’s brother, Nathan Paz, started a GoFundMe to pay for her funeral expenses and support her four children.
“Giselle was the most charismatic person you could ever meet, sharing a smile and making a friend of everyone she encountered,” Paz wrote on the GoFundMe page. “Giselle always looked for the best in people, even when they didn’t deserve her kindness.”
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