HCSO: 'Human remains' found in wooded area of northeast Houston

Published September 8, 2021 4:13 PM CDT

Authorities are investigating after human remains were found in a wooden area of northeast Houston Wednesday afternoon around 2 p.m. Wednesday. 

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According to Harris Co. Sheriff Ed Gonzales, deputies were called out near Suburban Rd. and Winfield near I-69, where surveyors were on the land of Harris County, about 100,000 acres, surveying it. 

That's when, authorities said, the surveyors discovered a human skull plus bones, and called 911. 

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