By Moses Leos III
Authorities have identified the body of a person found in a large standing cornfield in Kyle Thursday as a Buda woman who went missing in mid-July.
According to a Hays County press release, authorities located and recovered the body of Brittany Parker, 26, of Buda, who was last seen in south Austin July 12.
Hays County Pct. 2 Justice of the Peace Beth Smith said authorities discovered a woman's body in a standing cornfield in Kyle at 7:45 p.m. Thursday. Smith pronounced the woman, later identified Monday as Parker, dead at 8 p.m. that evening.
According to the press release, Parker's body was found in the same field where her vehicle, a white Toyota Camry, was found abandoned July 15.
Previous aerial and cadaver dog searches of the field were unsuccessful, according to the release.
Recently obtained phone records were used to help pinpoint the location of Parker's body through GPS coordinates.
An autopsy was ordered by Smith and will be conducted by the Travis County Medical Examiner's Office. According to the release, the manner and cause of Parker's death have yet to be determined, pending autopsy results.
The investigation into Parker's death is ongoing. No further information is available at this time.
