Taylor Pomaski.Photo: Facebook
Texas officials have identified the remains of Taylor Pomaski, the missing girlfriend of ex-NFL player Kevin Ware, Harris County Sheriff’s Office Senior Deputy Thomas Gilliland confirms to PEOPLE.
The remains found during a north Harris County search in December 2021 have been confirmed to belong to the 29-year-old woman, Gilliland said in an email to PEOPLE on Sunday.
The Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences made the official determination on Saturday, Gilliland added.
“The investigation is still open and active and homicide investigators are diligent on bringing this case to a close,” the senior deputy wrote.
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Pomaski was last seen on April 25, 2021, while at a party at her home on Stallion Brooks Lane in Spring, Texas, the HCSO previously said. Investigators have suspected Pomaski may have been the victim of foul play.
In an interview withABC-13, the woman’s father Stephen Pomaski said her family realized on Mother’s Day that they hadn’t spoken to her since April.
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“It kind of hit us early in the day,” he told the news station. “We haven’t heard from her in a week and a half, two weeks at this point.”
Also in April, Ware was arrested in Montgomery County and charged with two counts of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, and unlawful possession of a firearm as a felon,PEOPLE previously confirmed.
The former San Francisco 49ers tight end was released on $23,000 bond on April 20, 2021 — five days before Pomaski vanished.
Kevin Ware Jr.Montgomery County Jail
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Investigators were not immediately able to identify the remains, but believed they were connected to Pomaski’s disappearance.
Ware currently remains in Montgomery County Jail, according to inmate records.
source: people.com
