Baby Margot reunited with father in Austin after mother found dead near Houston
AUSTIN, Texas โ Margot Carey, the 3-week-old infant found in a home near Jersey Village last week, was reunited with her father Shane Carey in Austin on Monday night. Baby Margot and her mother Heidi Broussard, 33, were reported missing on Dec. 12 after they were last seen in their Austin apartment complex. After an extensive, multi-agency search, officials were led to a home on Bo Jack Drive in the Rolling Fork neighborhood Thursday night. โThe 3-week-old who was found at the home on Bo Jack last week is being reunited with family tonight,โ an official with the agency said in a statement. Earlier Monday evening, the Austin community held a prayer vigil for Broussard, Margot and their families and friends.
Missing Austin mother found dead near Jersey Village was strangled, medical examiner says
HOUSTON โ An Austin woman whose body was found at a home near Jersey Village on Thursday died from strangulation, according to the website of the Harris County Medical Examinerโs Office. Officials at the Harris County Medical Examinerโs Office later confirmed the identity of the body as Broussard and that she died from ligature strangulation. Magen Fieramusca is seen in this mug shot provided to KPRC 2 by the Harris County Sheriff's Office on Dec. 20, 2019. Broussardโs disappearanceDetective Brad Herries, of the Austin Police Department, said Broussard and Margot disappeared after she dropped off her son at school. Authorities distributed information about Broussard and Margot to national missing persons databases and issued a be-on-the-lookout call about the disappearance, Herries said.