HOUSTON, TX. (THECOUNT) — The skeletal remains found late Thursday wrapped in Nylon wedged between a mattress and the box spring by a Houston maintenance worker, are believed to be missing man, Carlos Rios.
Rios, 24, was last seen in southwest part of Houston, Texas on February 27th 2019.
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A worker tasked with cleaning out a vacant apartment in the 9800 block of Club Creek Drive in southwest Houston, made the grisly discovery and contacted police late Thursday. This is the same apartment that was the center of a missing persons investigation in early March.
Officials say the discovery may be related to the disappearance of Rios.
Police say the father of a 1-year-old baby girl had been living in this apartment with a friend, reports KHOU.
The maintenance worker was doing some routine work inside the apartment when he smelled a foul odor – and went to check it out, police say. They say he found that body between the mattress and the box spring.
Police say the body was badly decomposed, so they will have to rely on an autopsy for a positive ID. At this point, they couldn’t even determine if it was male or female.
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