MADISONVILLE, TX (KTRK) -- Experts are trying to identify the remains of a preschool-age girl found inside a container left along a Central Texas pasture.
The Madison County Sheriff's Office says a person who was mowing grass on Saturday discovered the container 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 was likely dumped several months ago. The death has been ruled a homicide.
Preliminary autopsy results Monday indicate the victim was female, age 2 to 5, with black hair more than a foot long. Investigators say the girl's remains had a medical apparatus commonly used with a feeding tube.
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Deputies are searching national databases for missing children.