HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Two people are facing murder charges for the death of a man found in burning truck on South Acres Rd. in March 2016.
Jason Gates, 36, and Mercedes Angel McDonald, 27, are both charged in the death of Tony Iwu, 58.
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Iwu was found dead in the bed of a pickup truck that was burning in the 5000 block of South Acres Rd.
McDonald was taken into custody in April and remains in jail.
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Gates was charged, but fled the state, officials said.
He was arrested in Lousiana on Jan. 25.