{"id":446068,"date":"2026-09-24T09:10:21","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T09:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/446068\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T09:10:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T09:10:21","slug":"remains-found-near-luling-are-those-of-missing-texas-state-student-jason-landry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/446068\/","title":{"rendered":"Remains found near Luling are those of missing Texas State student Jason Landry"},"content":{"rendered":"

AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 Human remains found<\/a> in rural Caldwell County earlier this month belong to Jason Landry, a Texas State University student who disappeared nearly six years ago<\/a> after crashing his car on a country road, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Landry was 21 when he vanished Dec. 13, 2020, while driving from San Marcos to his family’s home in Missouri City. His wrecked and abandoned car was found shortly after midnight on Salt Flat Road near Luling, with some of his belongings, including clothing, scattered near the crash site.<\/p>\n

A local resident found skeletal remains Sept. 8 east of Salt Flat Road, between Soda Springs and Biggs Road, according to the attorney general’s office. The Caldwell County Sheriff’s Office said the remains were near the crash site but just outside the areas searchers had covered. <\/p>\n

The University of North Texas Center for Human Identification confirmed through DNA testing that the remains were Landry’s.<\/p>\n

Officials said the remains do not offer any additional insight into how Landry died, and investigators have found no indication of foul play.<\/p>\n

PREVIVOUS COVERAGE | Skeletal remains found near road where Texas State student Jason Landry vanished<\/a><\/p>\n

“This development marks a critical moment in a case that has weighed heavily on our hearts for nearly six years,” Paxton said in a statement. “The Landry family has suffered an unimaginable tragedy, and they will remain in our prayers, especially during this incredibly difficult time.”<\/p>\n

The Caldwell County Sheriff’s Office had announced on Facebook last week that it responded to a report of skeletal remains in the 1400 block of Biggs Road, which intersects Salt Flat Road about a 10-minute drive from where Landry’s car was found. <\/p>\n

Landry’s disappearance prompted extensive searches by law enforcement, professional search teams and volunteers in the fields and brush surrounding the crash site. The attorney general’s Cold Case and Missing Persons Unit took over the investigation in 2022.<\/p>\n

Since then, the unit has conducted repeated ground and aerial searches, followed up on new leads and reexamined the case, according to the attorney general’s office. It worked with the Caldwell County Sheriff’s Office, the Texas Department of Public Safety and Texas Search and Rescue, and officials credited citizen volunteers who spent time and money searching for Landry.<\/p>\n

Landry’s family has been notified, and officials asked for privacy for the family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 Human remains found in rural Caldwell County earlier this month belong to Jason Landry, a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":446069,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-446068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=446068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446068\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/446069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=446068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=446068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=446068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}