Workers at a Texas ranch found luggage containing partial human remains Thursday morning, the Bexar County sheriff said.
People feeding some animals saw the luggage at the ranch in far southeast Bexar County, Sheriff Javier Salazar said.
“They started looking into it and found what appears to be human remains,” Salazar said. “At this time, we don’t know anything about the gender of the remains or how long they’ve been here.”
The cause and manner of death, as well as the identity, are still pending, but Salazar said the first inclination is to assume a homicide. He said the remains were partial.
Burns were also found in the area, but it’s not known if that was related to the remains or if it was someone burning garbage, which is common in rural areas, Salazar said. The fire marshal will investigate, he said.
The luggage was out in the open, Salazar said.
“There really wasn’t a lot of effort to hide the body, other than it was in a suitcase,” he said.
The property’s owners were out of town and are cooperating, he said.
Bexar County is located in south-central Texas and encompasses the city of San Antonio and surrounding areas.
