The Trinity County Sheriff’s Office said remains discovered in the county have been identified as a Liberty County man missing since 2019.

Tina Evans wanted to share her story with KPRC 2 Investigates, not so much for Houstonians to have sympathy for her family, but because she wants families to take her story as a warning.

Authorities say skeletal remains have been found at a home in southwest Harris County.

Skeletal remains at Freeman Center. Some remains are placed in enclosures, while others are not. Those remains that aren’t enclosed are examined to see whether wildlife came into contact with them. Vultures, for instance, have the ability to reduce a recently expired corpse to its skeleton within five to six hours, according to Dr. Daniel Wescott, director, Forensic Anthropology Center, Texas State University.