TX WHARTON COUNTY JANE DOE: F, 14-17, found near near Hungerford, TX - 18 June 2021 *YEIMY BELTRAND* (1 Viewer)

Murder mystery: Unidentified girl found in Wharton County had been shot multiple times, ME says

WCSO investigators are determined to give this victim a name so they've released three photos that might help.

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Murder mystery: Unidentified girl found in Wharton County had been shot multiple times, ME says​

WCSO investigators are determined to give this victim a name so they've released three photos that might help.

We now know how an unidentified teenage girl died before her remains were found last week in a secluded area of Wharton County.

The Fort Bend County Medical Examiner's Office told KHOU 11 News reporter Matt Dougherty that the victim had been shot multiple times in the head.

The autopsy also showed she'd been dead for several weeks -- maybe even months.

Wharton County Sheriff's Office received a call on June 18 about the remains found near County Road 225 near Hungerford, in the northeastern part of the county. A property owner discovered them while clearing some brush.

The remains are too badly decomposed to determine her race, but the girl had dark brown to black hair, at least shoulder-length and was believed to be about 14-17 years old.



Investigators do not think she is a local girl.

"Currently in Wharton County we don't have any missing persons at all," Wharton County Patrol Capt. B.J. Novak told KHOU 11 Wednesday.

Deputies are now checking for potential matches of missing persons across the region and the U.S.

Investigators say it's possible she was a human trafficking victim brought to Wharton County and her family has no idea.



One photo shows three silver rings that were found with the remains. One ring had two hearts and the others had white stones.

Another photo shows the Disney character “Stitch” because that's what was on her t-shirt, along with the word OHANA in blue.

The victim was also wearing shorts with images of coffee mugs and donuts and a lightweight tan hooded jacket with the brand name “Love Tree.” Wharton County released a photo of a similar jacket from Walmart.

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[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

County Rd 225 · Texas 77435

Texas 77435

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[FightingCrime247]

Just doing a quick sweep through the missing children pages and so many young girls would match that vague description I really hope they can find some way to help narrow down the possibilities and get this girl back to her family so that she can be laid to rest, so sad.

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Still unidentified. She has a NamUs page now.

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

By bringing people, information, forensic science and technology together, NamUs helps resolve cases.

www.namus.gov

4'8" - 5'2" with black hair
Only one official rule out - Iesha Jackson

 

[Summer_Breeze]

Girl’s remains still unidentified a year later

The identity of a murdered girl remains a mystery more than a year after she was found in a secluded pasture near Hungerford.

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• Jul 6, 2022

The identity of a murdered girl remains a mystery more than a year after she was found in a secluded pasture near Hungerford.

Her killer, too, remains unknown with authorities hoping the public may have a vital clue to either the petite 14- to 17-year-old girl’s identity or that of the person who shot her multiple times in the head.

“The first attempt to pull DNA from the remains was unsuccessful. With that, (the University of) North Texas plans to try again (to pull DNA from remains). Last we checked, this has not happened yet,” Wharton County Sheriff Shannon Srubar said.


The murdered girl, found June 18, 2021, had dark brown or black hair of at least shoulder length, but due to the level of decomposition, her ethnicity remains unknown. Authorities believe she was killed three to six months before being discovered unburied in a pasture about two miles south of the CR 216 intersection with CR 225 near Hungerford.

A t-shirt with the Disney character Stitch from “Lilo and Stitch” with the word “OHANA” in blue was found on the body along with a pair of shorts with images of coffee mugs and donuts and a lightweight Love Tree brand jacket. No shoes were recovered.

Three rings were left on her fingers making robbery an unlikely motive, although no purse, shoes or other items were discovered.

The effort to recover DNA is the first priority, Srubar said, adding after that experts will try a facial reconstruction, trying to create an image of what the girl may have looked like when she still could smile.

“We have not received any new info nor any reports to link her to a missing person,” Srubar said.

There are no runaways in Wharton County who have not been accounted for and no nearby missing person cases filed during the time period which would fit the girl’s description.

Anyone who knows the murdered girl’s identity or who knows who is responsible for this crime should contact the Wharton County Sheriff’s Office at 979-532-1550.

Those with information can also leave it anonymously with the West Wharton County Crime Stoppers at 979-543-8477 or on the P3 app.

 

[GrandmaBear]

Well any missing can be ruled out that have been gone for years on end. Texas though, she could easily be from another country or another state, etc. A Walmart jacket, some jewelry, etc. I suspect as I do in many if this was more widely broadcast and pictures of her possessions on the news etc., someone would place her.

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Remains found in 2021 identified as missing Houston teen

WHARTON COUNTY, Texas – Human remains discovered June 18, 2021, on County Road 225 in Wharton County have been identified as 16-year-old Yeimy Maciela Beltrand.

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Remains found in 2021 identified as missing Houston teen​

Human remains discovered June 18, 2021, on County Road 225 in Wharton County have been identified as 16-year-old Yeimy Maciela Beltrand.

Beltrand was reported missing to the Houston Police Department by her mother on April 30, 2021.

A forensic sketch was released in February 2025, but investigators said it was DNA from a family member that ultimately confirmed the teen’s identity. A relative submitted their DNA to the Combined DNA Index System, and the University of North Texas Health Science Center in Fort Worth was able to make the match.

Authorities believe Beltrand was killed in Harris County and that her body was later dumped in Wharton County.

The Wharton County Sheriff’s Office had been working with the Texas Rangers to determine the identity of the remains. The case remains active and is now being investigated by the Harris County Sheriff’s Office.

 

[Tresir]

Looks like they found her murderer.

Skeletal remains found in Wharton County in 2021 identified as missing Houston teen who was shot to death

Four years after her remains were found in rural Wharton County, a 16-year-old shooting victim finally has a name — and her accused killer has been charged.

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Skeletal remains found in Wharton County in 2021 identified as missing Houston teen who was shot to death
More than four years after the skeletal remains of a teenage girl were found in a secluded area of Wharton County, we finally know the victim's name.

An autopsy showed 16-year-old Yeimy Beltrand had been shot multiple times in the head before she was dumped on County Road 225 near Hungerford, in the northeastern part of the county. A property owner discovered her remains on June 18, 2021, while clearing some brush.now officially part of a murdinvestigati

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WCSO detectives were determined to give the victim a name, so they released photos with the hope that they would lead to her identity. One showed three silver rings found with the victim, and another showed the Disney character "Stitch, which was on her T-shirt.
"You would think by now, especially with those rings that were posted, somebody would recognize those," Wharton County Patrol Capt. B.J. Novak told KHOU 11 in 2021.
Even so, the teen remained unidentified for the next four years.

Boyfriend charged after remains finally identified​

In January 2025, a detective with the Houston Police Department began looking into the unsolved missing person case.

He learned that Yeimy Beltrand's mother had reported her 16-year-old daughter was missing in April 2021 after a caller told her she'd been murdered. The detective obtained a DNA sample from the mother and submitted it to a national database.
The detective also interviewed a friend of Beltrand's, who told the Harris County Sheriff's Office in April 2021 that she saw Beltrand's boyfriend kill her. The woman said the three of them were on I-45 when Luis Omar Beltran-Mendoza hit Beltrand in the face. According to the witness, Beltrand then threatened to report him for unspecified crimes. That's when Beltran shot her three times in the head, the witness told HCSO.


The woman said Beltran-Mendoza threatened to kill her, too, before dropping her off at a house where she was held against her will for a few days and finally released. The woman identified Beltran-Mendoza in a photo lineup.
The final missing pieces finally fell into place in June when the Texas Rangers were alerted about a positive DNA match that confirmed the Wharton County victim was Beltrand.
The HCSO cold case unit filed a murder charge against Beltran-Mendoza on August 7, but he hasn't been arrested.
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[Kimster]

So glad that he didn’t kill the other girl so she can get justice for Yeimy!