Jimena Isidro was an infant, less than a year old, when she died in Houston on Monday, December 21, 2015, four days before Christmas. The Houston Police Department investigated her death, and the Washington Post's homicide database, which tracked killings in Houston through 2017, lists it as a homicide that remained open with no arrest.
Beyond her name and the date of her death, almost nothing about Jimena has been made public.
No news story about her death, obituary or memorial page could be found for this account. Her case appears on public lists of Houston Police Department cold cases, but those lists add nothing beyond her name and her age, recorded as zero.
Because so little has been released, even the basic circumstances remain unknown to the public. The record does not say how she died, whether she was injured at home, who was caring for her at the time, or whether her death was ruled a homicide right away or only after an autopsy. It does not say whether investigators ever identified a suspect.
The deaths of babies are among the hardest cases for detectives. An infant cannot say what happened, and the people who were with her are often the only witnesses. Relatives, neighbors, babysitters and doctors who saw Jimena in the weeks before she died may have noticed something that seemed small at the time.
The location recorded in the Post's database places her death in southwest Houston, in the Alief and Sharpstown area. People who lived near her family in December 2015 may remember the ambulance, the police activity and the grief that followed.
Houston, the fourth-largest city in the United States, recorded roughly 200 to 300 homicides a year between 2007 and 2017, and its homicide detectives carried heavy caseloads. Hundreds of the city's killings from those years were never solved. Cases with few public details, like hers, often faded from view quickly.
Old Houston cases can still be solved. In November 2025, Houston police charged two men with murder in a May 2016 driveway shooting on McDaniel Street in north Houston that had gone unsolved for more than nine years. The victim's sister said the family had believed the call would never come. Crime Stoppers of Houston accepts tips without asking for names, and a tip that leads to charges may be eligible for a cash reward.
No arrest, criminal charge or court case connected to the death of Jimena Isidro could be found in news archives or public records. More than 10 years later, there is no public sign that anyone has been held responsible. Anyone who knew Jimena's family in late 2015, or who cared for her or saw her in the weeks before she died, may hold information that could help. Even a small detail, such as a name overheard, a vehicle seen leaving the area or a conversation remembered, can help detectives move a case forward. Anyone with information can call the Houston Police Department Homicide Division at 713-308-3600, or leave an anonymous tip with Crime Stoppers of Houston at 713-222-TIPS (713-222-8477).
