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Identification launched of man discovered on hearth hanging below Houston freeway

His reason for loss of life was pending an post-mortem.

HOUSTON — Houston officers have recognized the sufferer discovered hanging and partially burned beneath the 610 North Loop East freeway late Thursday evening as 44-year-old Jeremy Carnes, based on the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences.

Editor’s be aware: Video above is from earlier reporting

Carnes’ physique was found close to Kirkpatrick Boulevard, near a storage facility, after Union Pacific workers noticed what they believed was a brush hearth and known as it in round 10:09 p.m. on October 23.

When firefighters extinguished the flames, they made the grim discovery of Carnes’ physique hanging from the underside of the freeway.

The way and reason for loss of life stay pending because the health worker’s workplace continues its investigation. Authorities haven’t but decided whether or not Carnes died from hanging, the fireplace, or different circumstances.

Lt. Khan with HPD beforehand said the loss of life seems “extremely unlikely, nearly unattainable” to be a suicide, citing the mix of the hanging and hearth as suspicious circumstances.

Investigators are nonetheless working to find out the place Carnes was initially set on hearth—whether or not close to a close-by homeless encampment or immediately beneath the overpass.

Anybody with details about Jeremy Carnes’ loss of life is urged to contact Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS or the Houston Police Murder Division.

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