Police Identify Dead Person Found Behind Church’s Restaurant Saturday

The body of a deceased male found in a parked SUV behind Church’s Chicken Saturday night has been identified.  Police reported that his body was found upside down, feet up, in the driver’s seat of a 2015 Jeep Cherokee Latitude at 3006 Knickerbocker Rd.

Police release the identity of the deceased as 30-year-old Tyler S. Howe of San Angelo. Howe was in the news in December 2014 when he was reported to be the passenger in a rollover crash on the Houston Harte Expy.

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Several Patrol Officers secured the scene while the Crime Scene Investigations Unit and Detectives with the Criminal Investigations Division conducted the investigation.  Justice of the Peace Eddie Howard responded and ordered Howe’s body sent for autopsy.  At this time, the cause of death is unknown.

Police were dispatched to the location around 8:22 p.m. for an unknown problem.  Upon arrival, officers spoke with a witness who said he called police after noticing a person’s feet, upright in the Jeep’s driver’s seat. 

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Above: Tyler Howe's most recent Facebook profile picture. (Facebook)

The male witness told officers he then approached the vehicle and noticed what appeared to be a dead body inside.  Restaurant employees told detectives they observed the parked Jeep several hours before police were called to the scene. 

This is an ongoing investigation and no other information is available at this time.