Overview

• A relative’s tip on July 19 prompted deputies to enter the San Antonio home, detect the odor of decomposition and find the body wrapped in plastic
• Authorities launched a 24-hour manhunt that ended July 20 when SWAT officers surrounded a nearby vacant house where Charles Byrd surrendered without incident
• Byrd, 49, has been booked on tampering-with-evidence charges and remains in Bexar County Jail without bond
• The medical examiner must positively identify the remains as Angela Byrd’s and determine her cause of death before prosecutors file murder charges
• A court-ordered mental health evaluation has been scheduled as part of the ongoing investigation and legal proceedings