MISSOURI CITY, Texas — Remains found earlier this week have been positively identified as those of Karen Miles, a Missouri City woman who had been missing since Aug. 22.
Her skeletal remains were found Monday behind a church in a heavily wooded area near where Fuqua meets the Fort Bend County Toll Road.
Even without positive identification at the time of the discovery, Miles' family members said they knew it was her.
Medical experts said she died from a gunshot wound. Miles was 61.
Davante Clark, 28, has been charged with aggravated robbery and capital murder in connection with Miles' death. None of Miles' family members know who he is.
Clark was taken into custody when Pearland police said they spotted him driving a stolen car from Arkansas. When officers pulled him over, they said they found out the license plate had been altered and he was actually driving Miles' vehicle, which police believed had been stolen from the Missouri City apartment complex where she lived.
Investigators said Clark told police he had rented the car from someone. He was taken to the Brazoria County Jail.
Patricia Evans, Miles' sister, is still trying to comprehend what happened.
"Unimaginable and ugly. What kind of monster do you have to be to do something like that to a beautiful soul?" she said.
Investigators said they used dental records to identify the remains. They said she was killed by a single gunshot.
Miles' family said if Clark wanted her car, he didn't have to kill her for it.
"There was no need for that. If he would have asked her for whatever he wanted, she would have gave it to him," Evans said. "That is the most devastating part -- you abduct her and throw her in deep woods like trash -- she was not that. She was a human being."
Now, family members are waiting for justice and hoping to get their day in court to go face-to-face with Clark.
"I want to look at him. It's inhumane and he will probably have no remorse," Evans said.
According to court documents, Texas EquuSearch considers Clark a person of interest in two stolen vehicle cases involving missing people. He also has previous charges for evading arrest and driving a car without permission, according to authorities.
A prayer vigil is going to be held for Miles on Saturday. It'll be held at Emmanuel United Methodist Church on Glen Valley Drive at 7 p.m.