{"id":349613,"date":"2025-11-02T05:03:20","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T05:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/349613\/"},"modified":"2025-11-02T05:03:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T05:03:20","slug":"family-says-houston-man-found-burning-under-freeway-was-murdered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/349613\/","title":{"rendered":"Family says Houston man found burning under freeway was murdered"},"content":{"rendered":"

HOUSTON<\/strong> \u2013 A gruesome discovery under a Houston freeway has left a family searching for answers after a man was found hanging and on fire, in what police are investigating as a potential homicide.<\/p>\n

Railroad workers discovered the burning body of 46-year-old Jeremy Carnes hanging beneath the I-610 Freeway, near 5000 Kirkpatrick Boulevard in northeast Houston, on October 23. <\/p>\n

Union Pacific workers initially reported it as a brush fire to the Houston Fire Department around 10 p.m., according to Houston Police. <\/p>\n

\u201cUpon arrival, officers found a body of an adult male hanging from under the underpass. It also appears that it\u2019s been burnt, so set on fire, partially,\u201d said Lt. Kahn of the Houston Police Department at the scene.<\/p>\n

Family Rejects Possibility of Suicide<\/b><\/p>\n

Carnes\u2019 sister, Commilla Kidd, speaking from her home in Kansas, adamantly rejects any suggestion that her brother\u2019s death could have been self-inflicted, citing a traumatic childhood incident that left him with a lifelong fear of fire.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen he was three years old, he was burned badly. He\u2019s got face scars, the whole deal. My brother hated fire. Like it was a fear after that,\u201d said Kidd. \u201cFor anybody to say that he did this to himself, our family\u2019s going, you don\u2019t know him.\u201d<\/p>\n

A Life Cut Short<\/b><\/p>\n

Carnes, who would have turned 47 on October 30, was described by his sister as someone who could instantly connect with others.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was just a really nice person. He could make friends with anybody. He just was kind,\u201d Kidd recalled of her \u201cbaby brother,\u201d whom she had raised for most of his life.<\/p>\n