HOUSTON — Houston officials have identified the victim found hanging and partially burned beneath the 610 North Loop East freeway late Thursday night as 44-year-old Jeremy Carnes, according to the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences.

Editor's note: Video above is from previous reporting

Carnes' body was discovered near Kirkpatrick Boulevard, close to a storage facility, after Union Pacific employees spotted what they believed was a brush fire and called it in around 10:09 p.m. on October 23.

When firefighters extinguished the flames, they made the grim discovery of Carnes' body hanging from the underside of the freeway.

The manner and cause of death remain pending as the medical examiner's office continues its investigation. Authorities have not yet determined whether Carnes d

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