HOUSTON – Authorities say a Houston man found asleep with a corpse inside a closet of a vacant Texas home faces misdemeanor drug charges.
Harris County Constable deputies discovered 21-year-old Cody Jean Plant on Sunday at the home in Cypress, which is about 25 miles northwest of Houston. The deputies went to the home after the owner reported hearing voices and seeing signs of forced entry.
Authorities didn't immediately release the dead man's identity.
Assistant Chief Deputy Mark Herman tells the Houston Chronicle that the men appeared to have been taking drugs. He didn't specify what kind.
Plant faces three drug charges and remains in the Harris County Jail in lieu of $15,000 bail. Jail officials didn't know Monday whether he has an attorney.
--AP