MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Texas — The remains of Margaret Kay-Alana Turner were found in a wooded area in Montgomery County last Friday, the sheriff's office confirmed Wednesday. She had been missing since March 2023.
Texas EquuSearch made the discovery around 2:30 p.m. Friday near Decker Praire Rosehill Road. The remains were taken to the Montgomery County Forensic Center where authorities were able to confirm the identity through dental records. Foul play is not suspected at this time. The official cause of death has not yet been determined.
"The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office is hopeful that this positive identification can provide some much-needed closure to her family," the sheriff's office said. "Our thoughts and prayers are with them during this difficult time."
Turner, of Lumberton, was last seen near Tomball on March 10, 2023, when she fled from Harris County deputies in her car. Her family believes she was experiencing a mental health crisis.
According to court documents, Kay-Alana was parked in a woman's driveway and refused to leave. Deputies were called to the home and when they arrived, she allegedly drove off the driveway and crashed into a fence on the house's front lawn.
Deputies said when they tried to open the door to her car, she went into reverse and nearly hit one of them as she backed up. One of the deputies grabbed a wood piece and broke the driver's side window of her car. That's when officials said she sped off through a backyard, almost hitting a deputy once again.
Kay-Alana’s parents recently told our sister station KBMT in Beaumont that they felt that Harris County was treating their daughter like a fugitive, saying the sheriff's office refused to hand over any body or dash cam footage that could help provide them with answers.
