Skeletal Remains Found In Liberty County

DNA COLLECTION Approximately 30 days after receiving a missing persons report on someone deemed “high risk”, the law enforcement agency must request a DNA sample from the person's family. High risk includes persons (1) believed to be abducted, (2) missing under suspicious circumstances, or (3) missing for more than 30 days and believed to be in danger (Tex. Code Ann. § 63.051 et. seq.). The agency must submit the DNA sample, along with a missing persons report, to the statewide DNA data center for missing persons (Tex. Code Ann. § 63.060). The data center is established by law and housed at the University of Texas Health Science Center. Its sole purpose is to identify the remains of high-risk missing persons (Tex. Code Ann. § 63.052). Once the center receives a sample, it must enter it into the database and cross-reference it against unidentified human remains (Tex. Code Ann. § 63.054)

Information Needed

Anyone who had a loved one turn up missing and was found dead or is still missing in the late eighties and early to mid nineties please email me asap. Send me a phone number I have a question that may be important.

Jim

researchtexas@comcast.net

Any Volunteers?

I am in the process of securing permission to search an area that has bugged me since late 2002 and 2003 . It is not far from where the body of Laura Smither was found. IN that time I found a at least one bra and a couple panties in the trees. I looked out there last year and found it to be overgrown with thorny bushes and there were chiggers and mosquitoes. I would like to find a volunteer to also bring their cadaver dog as well.  This spot is near BW8 South near the Gulf Freeway here in Houston. Its not a very large area so no ATV's are needed, just boots on the ground. Machetes and shovels can be helpful. The bushes with thorns are about three feet high in spots and we have to get through that to get to the spot I was talking about.  Its good exercise and there is no telling what might be found. I would appreciate any help with this. 

If you want to help. Please email me at researchtexas@comcast.net  Send me you name and phone number.

Thanks,

Jim

I created this page dedicated to those who still sit unidentified. 

Click Here For the Unidentified

The Long Wait

Tick tock, the clock goes really slow. When waiting to hear results or matches it seems like it can take forever. Strange how they can do a "rush job" in searches or DNA results for the more influential people isn't it ?

When dealing with any law enforcement agency you have to remind them that they area a "public servant" paid for by tax payers to do a job. Its what they supposedly went to school for and took that oath to protect and serve. It is their JOB, they are not doing you a favor please remember that when having to deal with them.

I am a supporter of good law enforcement and a critic when it comes to the bad.  Most in law enforcement are dedicated but there are those few that are lazy and only collect a paycheck.

There are too many missing everywhere, but it really surprises me sometimes how many turn up missing here in the Houston area. Granted it's a big city, but one would think they would have a bigger and more dedicated crew who's main purpose is to work on these cases diligently. Regardless of the missing person's background or social status, the cases should be worked on for the sole purpose of solving the case.  The families deserve answers.

There are many, and I mean many unidentified bodies sitting in the morgue who have yet to be discovered by a family member.  I personally think DNA collection has be compromised in a lot of these cases just like death penalty cases getting thrown out years later because of sloppy police work. 

How can a body be laying in a morgue somewhere with no one to claim them? It just trips me out how many are here in Harris County alone.

I think every national news station should do an in depth story and get the word out to those people who has had a family member drop out of contact. Even those family members who have been "disowned" by their family. I think a nationwide effort needs to be made to identify these bodies laying in the morgue. All it takes is a DNA sample. So if you or someone you know, even if you hated them, has disappeared, please make a little effort into doing a search for them. 

Highlights:

• Between 1980 and 2004, about 10,300 unidentified human remains were reported to the National Death Index (NDI).
• Almost three-quarters of unidentified persons were reported by 5 states; Arizona, California, Florida, New York, and Texas.
• Of the 2,900 National Crime Information Center records that contained data on the manner of death, 27% were ruled homicides; 12%, accidental deaths; 7%, natural causes; and 5%, suicides.
• The majority of unidentified persons were white (70%); blacks made up 15% of unidentified persons; and race could not be determined in 13% of the cases.