Skull Found on Curb Triggers Disturbing Houston Mystery

A human skull sitting on a pile of trash led Houston detectives to an area with a disturbing amount of human remains.

Connie Guerrero called the Houston Police Department after spotting a human skull outside her house. This morbid discovery would soon launch a fast-moving HPD death investigation.

More remains are located in another location.

When officers arrived, they found the skull sitting on top of the trash. Witnesses told police a homeless woman had been seen carrying the skull and leaving it on the pile. When officers located her, she guided them to another location, where additional human remains were found.

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Detectives say the skull appeared to have been buried for some time, after noticing dirt packed inside the crust. That detail matters because it suggests the remains weren’t recently placed and may have been moved before landing on the curb.

Now the focus turns to identification.

Detectives are now trying to figure out who this person was and how these remains traveled to a neighborhood trash pile. At this point, the identity, gender, and cause of death remain unknown.

Concern grows as the identity remains unknown.

Guerrero voiced what many in the area are feeling: compassion and urgency. “I just feel bad for the person,” she said. “I want the closure to know that you know, at least some family will know that whoever they found, we found the missing person that they’re looking for.”

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