New DNA testing may ID severed head found at Lake Houston

  • 📰 abc13houston
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 42 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 20%
  • Publisher: 63%

Law Law Headlines News

Law Law Latest News,Law Law Headlines

It's a case that's never been solved. Four years ago, a woman's severed head was found in a trash bag near Lake Houston. Now, new DNA testing may be the key to identifying her - and a new law could lead to even more Texas cold cases being reopened.

Three months later, forensic investigators released another detail: she had a distinctive set of rotated or winged teeth on top and bottom that they believe would have been noticeable to anyone who knew her. She was believed to be between 20 and 45 years old, likely murdered a week before she was found.Investigators thought they would get inundated with calls. But only a few tips came in.stop on the bridge and tossed what looked like a garbage bag onto the rocks earlier in the week.

"We just don't have the resources," Rodriguez says. "We don't have the funding. We don't have the manpower to physically address every single case." We took those specific concerns from local authorities to several politicians involved in writing the "Homicide Victims' Families' Rights Act" bill and passing it into law. None of the lawmakers responded to those concerns.

This law may matter to you if your loved one went missing or was murdered more than three years ago and the case is still unsolved. Over the next year, law enforcement agencies are supposed to set up a system allowing you to submit your family member's federal cold case for review. Investigators get six months to look into it, then they'll decide whether or not to reopen the case.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 255. in LAW

Law Law Latest News, Law Law Headlines