Harris County officials on Monday confirmed the identity of a body found in northeast Houston over the weekend to be that of a man reported missing since New Years Eve.
Jesus “Jesse” Leal, of Houston, had been last seen December 31.
Acting on an anonymous tip Saturday, investigators were led to a residence in the 5200 block of Mohawk where they discovered the victim’s body buried beneath a chicken coop.
Pasadena police detectives were called to the scene to determine whether the body found was connected to the disappearance of Leal, who was reported last seen in Pasadena on New Year’s Eve.
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On Monday, officials with both Harris County and the Pasadena Police Department confirmed that the body had been identified.
Harris County investigators had been following the case for weeks and referred the case to Pasadena detectives early last week after reports that Leal, 41, had last been seen in Pasadena.
Shortly after, the Pasadena Police Department obtained and then released video surveillance footage of a person using the victim’s credit card at a convenience store.
From there, according to Pasadena police spokesman Vance Mitchell, the anonymous tip led officials to the address in Houston.
