Woman whose body was found in a box has been identified | Suspect charged with murder

HOUSTON — A person has been charged with homicide in reference to a physique present in a field, in keeping with court docket paperwork.

In keeping with court docket paperwork, 60-year-old Miguel Angel Moreno is now charged with homicide in connection to the physique that was found. Investigators have recognized the lady discovered within the field as Flor Aidee Vega.

Moreno had been charged with tampering with proof previous to the addition cost of homicide being filed. He’s being held on a $500,000 bond for the tampering cost. Bond has not been set on the homicide cost.

The medical expert’s workplace additionally has dominated that Vega died from blunt drive trauma to the top.

On April 17, two girls noticed a bloody U-Haul transferring field close to their unit and HPD officers later discovered the decomposing physique of a girl inside.

Two days later, police mentioned Moreno was charged with tampering with proof.

Throughout a listening to on the tampering cost, prosecutors mentioned Moreno claims that somebody broke into his residence and left the field with the physique inside. He mentioned he didn’t wish to get in hassle, so he moved the field.

New particulars revealed in case of physique discovered inside field in southwest Houston

Warning: The small print of case are graphic.

Prosecutors described what investigators discovered when the physique was found within the field. They mentioned the top of the sufferer seems to have been crushed in with both an ax or machete.

The physique was all within the field wrapped in a plastic sheet, prosecutors mentioned.

Court docket information present that blood droplets have been discovered inside Moreno’s residence’s kitchen, toilet and front room. Organic materials was additionally discovered on a mattress within the residence.

The information present a inexperienced sheet and plastic wrap have been additionally discovered that seem to match what the sufferer was wrapped in.

They haven’t revealed her identification and the way she could also be linked to the suspect. They have no idea her age or how lengthy she could have been useless.

Moreno was arrested Sunday after witnesses mentioned they noticed him rolling the field out of his residence and thru the complicated within the 7000 block of Bissonnet close to Beechnut. Investigators say they’ve video of him wheeling the field to the sidewalk and leaving it there.

His neighbors mentioned he was odd and would by no means make eye contact. They mentioned he was not a pleasant neighbor.

The residents mentioned they have been glad to study that an arrest had been made however they’re nonetheless anxious. They mentioned they do not suppose issues like this could ever occur.

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