Remains Found in Liberty County

The Liberty County Sheriff's Office Criminal Investigation Division is on the scene where skeletal remains have been found.

A man and his wife were traveling down County Road 2132, in Rye, Texas, Liberty County, when they observed two abandoned puppies. While they were attempting to rescue the two puppies, one of them ran towards a ditch with about 3 foot of water in it.

As they approached the ditch, they observed what they thought may be a body submerged in the water. They immediately contacted the Liberty County Sheriff’s Office to report what they had found, and deputies were dispatched to the scene.

Upon deputies arriving to the scene, they confirmed that it was skeletal remains in the water, and the Sgt. on duty contacted the Criminal Investigation Division to have investigators respond to the scene.

Upon the skeletal remains being extracted from the water, they will be transported to the Jefferson County Medical Examiners Office for an autopsy.

(Amanda Thacker?)

2024- A New Year

Well we made it into a new year. Still so many unsolved cold cases and missing persons. I have to admit that technology is getting better to help solve these cases and the detectives assigned to this new stuff is awesome. Kudos to law enforcement for climbing the ladder and trying to get a handle on this stuff. There is still a long way to go, but its one step at a time. We need more community involvement in getting these cases solved. Don't wait until it happens to you or someone you know.

Heres hoping 2024 will bring more people home and cases solved. Remember, if you see something, say something. 

Happy New Year!

Jim

 HOUSTON — Houston police and the Texas Center for the Missing are searching for a woman who was last seen last week and was reported missing by concerned family members.Deundrea Ford, 21, was last seen Thursday in east Houston off I-10 near Federal Road. She's described as being about 5 feet, 4 inches tall and weighs about 170 pounds. She has brown eyes and black hair.Family members are asking for help. They said Deundra hadn't been seen since she left an east Houston bikini bar where she worked. They said she left with an unknown man.The bar manager said they tell employees to not leave with the men they meet inside.Family members said Deundra had only worked at Diva's Bikini Sports Bar and Grill for a few weeks. It's the last place anyone saw her."I just hope that if anyone has her they release her and let her come home. We just want her home," Deundra's grandmother, Bridgette Carriere, said.They said they knew something was wrong when Deundra went days without contacting her 4-year-old son."I'm confident that something's not right. This is not her normal behavior," her uncle, Kevin Carriere, said.They saw surveillance video from the night she went missing. The bar manager said it was turned over to police.Family members said it showed Deundra leaving the bar with a man and getting into a van in the parking lot with him after the bar closed. They stayed in the van for more than an hour."She entered the vehicle with him. Whether she left with him willingly or unwillingly that's something that we can't answer," Kevin Carriere said.One of Deundra's friends missed a call from her around 2 a.m. Friday. Later that day, her phone had been turned off and their calls went straight to voicemail. They said it has been off ever since then."Her phone has not been powered back on. There's been no reception and no direct contact with her," Kevin Carriere said.

Anyone with information about her whereabouts is asked to call the Houston Police Department missing persons desk at 832-394-1840 and/or HPD patrol at 713-884-3131.