Identified! TX - Missouri City, Hisp/NativeFem 12-18, UP71935, jogging trail, long dark hair, earring, 29 Jan 2020 - id'd Aug 2025 -Kristen Galvan (15)

[victoriarobinson642]

NamUs file is down

I saw it updated earlier today, glad to see she was identified!

 

[iulia]

She has been identified as Kristen Galvan, 15, missing since January 2, 2020 from Spring, Texas per a FB post by her mom.

Found Deceased Thread 'TX - Kristen Galvan, 15, previous victim of convicted sex trafficker, Spring, 2 Jan 2020 - id'd 2025 as TX UP71935'

Aug 30, 2020

Find Kristen Galvan
Have you seen this child? Kristen Galvan

Kristen Galvan

• Missing Since - Jan 2, 2020

• Missing From - Spring...

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[tricia]

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[The4TierBridge]

This has also been covered by mainstream media: Texas teen girl who went missing after being sex-trafficked was murdered
This should make it OK to put her actual name in the title.

 

[DS2021]

This has also been covered by mainstream media: Texas teen girl who went missing after being sex-trafficked was murdered

Oh my god


Kristen is believed to have been bound with duct tape, beaten and stabbed to death. Only parts of her skull were recovered in 2020. Her limbs, lower body and part of her skull have never been found.

 

[Rikissa]

Her missing persons thread:

Found Deceased Thread 'TX - Kristen Galvan, 15, previous victim of convicted sex trafficker, Spring, 2 Jan 2020 - id'd 2025 as TX UP71935'

Aug 30, 2020

Find Kristen Galvan
Have you seen this child? Kristen Galvan

Kristen Galvan

• Missing Since - Jan 2, 2020

• Missing From - Spring...

• YaYa_521
• Replies: 75
• Forum: Located Persons Discussion

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[wtiger]

another case where a crappy artists impression drawing served only to hinder the case imho

 

[The4TierBridge]

another case where a crappy artists impression drawing served only to hinder the case imho

The decedent was recognized from the reconstruction by her mother after she saw it in 2022. It fully served its purpose, and did so very well. The anthropology work was all correct too (Hispanic teenaged female, probable homicide victim). The only incorrect forensic analysis here was the post-mortem interval of 3 months estimated vs 1 month in reality, but that is very close IMO.

The fact that investigators refused to follow up on her mother’s concerns (or make the very obvious potential comparison on their own in the interceding previous year) was the problem at play and entirely unrelated.

 

[Goecke]

From the article linked above:
"...[L]aw enforcement officers investigating Kristen’s disappearance told Cory (Kristen's mom) they did not believe Jane Doe was her daughter. Yet they also did not test the DNA of the remains."

INCREDIBLY frustrating... This could have been solved years ago. It wasn't like Kristen being the Jane Doe was a stretch- She went missing from less than an hour away, and the Jane Doe's race and approximate age matched.
Also, I can't tell if Kristen's trafficker was in jail when she went missing for the second time? The article says her testimony helped convict him, but I'm having trouble fully putting together the timeline. IMO he could still be involved in her murder regardless, but it would be nice to know.