, Harris County wasn't aware that he'd been reported missing; he was taken to the morgue and after years passed buried in an unmarked grave.
"It was crazy that something like that existed, and it was even crazier that it wasn't mandatory to use by all law enforcement," Almendarez said. went into effect making Texas one of at least 12 states to pass similar legislation.Atascocita man never returns home, friends tell family to search the woods before they knew he was missing
"That was always my prayer, just bring him home in whatever form we're going to get him, just bring him home. I am just positive that there are many other families that have had an outcome like we have since that law went into effect," she said. Houston woman missing for 4-years believed dead, mother pleading for additional information