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Robyn Cory says daughter Kristen was not protected, amid questions about why it took six years to identify remains T he family of Kristen Galvan, a 15-year-old Houston girl who was sex trafficked and murdered, says law enforcement failed her twice by not protecting her after she gave forensic interviews about her traffickers, and later by taking more than six years to identify her remains. The Texas attorney general’s office announced on 28 July that Kristen’s remains had been positively identified using advanced DNA testing conducted over the past year. Parts of her skull, clothing and an earring were found beneath a bridge beside a jogging trail in Missouri City, about 10 miles outside Houston. The remains were recovered by law enforcement on 29 January 2020 about three weeks after she disappeared. Kristen was bound with duct tape, beaten and stabbed to death, said Robyn Cory, her mother.
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At that time, Kristen also gave written statements that provided evidence that helped convict three men who trafficked her, and her phone was taken into custody. In a 29 July press re ‘It didn’t need to end this way’: mother of US teen trafficked and killed decries police failures.
