TX TX - San Benito, UnkSex&Race UP65595, UnkAge, skeletal remains in clandestine burial, black hair, possible name: Elyn Loera Cuellar, Feb'20

[Romulus]

Unidentified Person/NamUs #UP65595
Unsure, Uncertain
Date Body Found: February 10, 2020
Location Found: San Benito, Texas
Estimated Age Range--
Possible First Name: Elyn
Possible Middle Name: Loera
Possible Last Name: Cuellar
Hair Color: Black

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Circumstances of Recovery: Clandestine burial, skeletal remains.

 

[iulia]

Their NamUs page has been removed. I think the remains were positively identified as those of Elyn Cuellar.

This is her obituary: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/elyn-cuellar-obituary?id=54247586


The man charged with her death has also been convicted for killing his roommate. I can't find any news about the trial in Elyn's case.

Harlingen man pleads not guilty to killing Corpus Christi woman

A Harlingen man indicted on a murder charge alleging he killed a Corpus Christi woman in September 2019 waived his arraignment hearing, but did enter a not guilty plea to the charge, state court documents show.

myrgv.com

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Human remains found Feb. 10, 2020, in a brushy lot west of Business 77 in San Benito were confirmed to belong to Loera, Harlingen Police Commander J.L. Garcia said in an earlier interview in May 2022.

Cumulative sentence sought for Harlingen man facing second murder trial

The Cameron County District Attorney’s Office has notified a court that if a 48-year-old Harlingen man is convicted in the case of a missing woman who was later found dead, prosecutors will ask that his sentence in this case begin after he finishes serving a 75-year sentence for murdering his...

myrgv.com

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He is also accused of killing 32-year-old Corpus Christi resident Elyn Loera.

She went missing in October 2019. The last thing she told her mother before boarding a bus to come to the Rio Grande Valley in September 2019 was that she was traveling to Harlingen to visit her boyfriend, Eliff.

Days after Eliff’s arrest for killing Garcia, investigators found her remains on Feb. 10, 2020 in a brushy lot west of Business 77 in San Benito.
[...]
Eliff has pleaded not guilty.

A trial date has not been scheduled.

 

[iulia]

Elyn's NamUs page has also been removed.

Missing Person / NamUs #MP75550

View NamUs missing person case MP75550 for Elyn Loera Cuellar missing from Harlingen, Texas. Date of last contact: Sep 12, 2019. NCMEC case number: --.

namus.nij.ojp.gov