HOUSTON - The family of a man found hanging and burned to death along the North Loop last week is demanding answers as police investigate the case as a homicide.

Jeremy Carnes found dead

What we know:

Houston police say 46-year-old Jeremy Glen Carnes was discovered late Thursday, Oct. 23, in the 7800 block of North Loop East. Officers were initially called to the scene by Union Pacific employees reporting a brush fire. When first responders arrived, they found Carnes hanging from a rope nearby.

Carnes’ sister, Commilla Kidd, told FOX 26 the family is struggling to cope with his death and believes her brother was brutally murdered.

"He didn’t deserve it. There’s nothing he could’ve done to deserve that," Kidd said. "People look at homeless people, and they don’t see a human. But I do

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