Nineteen-year-old Trevion Damone Butler of Sugar Land, Texas, was reported missing by his mother on November 15, 2023 after he failed to return home from work. Sugar Land police briefly checked the family home that night after a friend reported a stolen gun and suggested Trevion might be involved, but officers initially found no signs of foul play. Family and community searches followed.

Surveillance footage obtained by his mother placed Trevion near a friend’s condominium in southwest Houston; she passed that footage to Houston police and asked for a wellness check. On November 19 a community volunteer searching with a drone located Trevion’s body in a wooded area about half a mile from that condominium, with a gun near his feet. The Houston Police Department confirmed Trevion died of a gunshot wound. The circumstances remain unclear, no arrests or publicly identified suspects have been announced, and the family is seeking answers.

If anyone saw Trevion in southwest Houston that week or has information about what happened, please come forward.