The Madison County Sheriff's Office said the body was enclosed in a white plastic garbage bag with a pink dress, a size 4 disposable diaper and two socks.
The dress is a size 4T Mon Petit-brand garment decorated with flowers, butterflies and the phrase "Follow your dreams."
Authorities also found a Mic-Key 14 FR 1.2 cm feeding tube inscribed with "AA4069F02." The feeding tube would've had to have been surgically implanted.
ORIGINAL REPORT: Child's body found along highway in central Texas
Child's body found in a container in a field
An autopsy was not able to definitively determine the child's age, sex or race, but dental records indicate that he or she was between 3 and 5 years old.
Although the child's body was badly decomposed, he or she appears to have had long, straight black hair.
The Madison County Sheriff's Office says a person who was mowing grass on Sept. 17, 2016 discovered the body near a fence about 40 feet from the edge of an Interstate 45 feeder road. The area is near Madisonville, about 85 miles northwest of Houston.
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Sheriff Travis Neeley says the container had most likely been dumped several months prior to its discovery. The Madison County Sheriff's Office has ruled the death a homicide.
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Deputies are searching national databases for missing children.
If you have any information that may help authorities identify the child, please contact the Madison County Sheriff's Office at 936-348-2755.