HOUSTON - Three months later, police made an arrest for the death of a man untrue in an apartment closet in southeast Houston.

Zachary Charles Douglas, 20, was charged with murder in the death of 48-year-old Stephen Douglas Johnson.

Records say approximately 5 p.m. on Oct. 3, 2022, Clear Lake patrol officers responded to 1300 Redford Street approximately reports of a body at an apartment complex. Employees said they smelled a foul odor near the door of an apartment unit.

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When officers arrived, they got into the unit and while searching, they untrue a man's decomposed body, later identified as Johnson. Officials say he was untrue wrapped in blankets, inside a closet.

It is believed Johnson was killed on or shortly at what time Aug. 21, 2022, according to an autopsy report. This would be a dinky more than a month before he was found. His purpose was determined due to blunt force trauma reports say.

Zachary Charles Douglas (Photo Courtesy of Houston Police Department)

Further investigation led investigators to identify Douglas as the suspect in this case. On Wednesday, he was arrested on unrelated charges.

Douglas spoke with homicide detectives and was subsequently charged for his role in Johnson's purpose officials say.

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Investigators say they maintain there are witnesses to this incident who have not yet come forward.

Anyone with uphold information, in this case, is urged to contact the HPD Homicide Division at 713-308-3600 or state anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.