Texas Sheriff's Deputy Dies after Being Reported Missing a Day Before

March 17, 2025

An autopsy is being conducted to confirm the cause of death of Harris County Sheriff's Deputy Christina Kohler, and her death is being investigated by Houston police as an apparent suicide.

By Michael Garcia

Source Houston Chronicle

Harris County, TX, Sheriff's Deputy Christina Kohler.

A Harris County deputy sheriff has died after the Texas Center for the Missing had issued an alert for them days prior.

A Houston Regional CLEAR Alert had been issued Thursday for Christina Kohler, 37, who had last been seen a day before in the 7000 block of Sante Fe Drive near William P. Hobby Airport, according to a post by the Texas Center for the Missing. At the time, law enforcement believed her disappearance posed "a credible threat to her own health and safety."

The post was later updated to reflect that Kohler had been located and the CLEAR Alert had been cancelled.

However, Harris County Precinct 4 Constable Mark Herman took to Facebook on Sunday, writing that Kohler had died the day she was reported missing, but didn't give any additional details.

"Her name, her life, absolutely deserves to be remembered for her commitment to our profession," Herman wrote in his Facebook post.

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