Overview
- A land surveyor reported bones in a wooded area off Highway 3 in La Marque, and police confirmed they are human remains.
- La Marque detectives and crime-scene staff searched the site with Texas EquuSearch and a cadaver dog, and the Galveston County District Attorney’s Office responded.
- Investigators have not identified the person or determined how long the remains were there, and the bones are now with the county medical examiner.
- Police Chief Byron Frankland said basic details like age and gender could take up to a month, and detectives are checking missing-persons reports across the county.
- Officers will consider any possible tie to the Texas Killing Fields, a stretch along I-45 where more than 30 women have been found since the 1970s, though no connection is confirmed as recent charges in two 1980s cases draw fresh attention.