Houston Man Charged with Murder After Missing Clear Lake Woman's Remains Found

Angela Diaz disappeared from the Clear Lake area of Houston in June 2024 under circumstances that quickly drew the attention of human trafficking investigators. More than a year later, Houston police confirmed what her family had feared: the human remains discovered in a wooded area near Johnson Space Center on March 20, 2025 were hers. A man has since been charged with murder in connection with her death, according to authorities, though the full scope of that case continues to unfold.

Court documents obtained by KHOU 11 laid out a deeply troubling timeline in the weeks before Diaz vanished. On June 4, 2024, undercover detectives contacted her at a hotel as part of a sex-sting operation. She was detained, and a search of her phone turned up messages dating back to March 2024 indicating that a man named Krystopher Karvon Brown had been selling her for sex dates. By late June, Angela's family believed an HPD human trafficking detective had interviewed her again the week before she disappeared. On the night of June 30, Brown told detectives he had tracked Diaz using the Life360 app and dropped her off at a motel along the Gulf Freeway. A second man, whom police identified as the last person apparently to see her alive, told investigators he had agreed to meet Diaz to pay for sex that night. Brown was later charged with promoting prostitution, raising immediate fears among investigators and advocates that Diaz had been a trafficking victim.

When HPD's homicide division responded to the Johnson Space Center site on March 20, 2025, the department's anthropology team collected and documented the scene. Six months passed before the family received official confirmation. In September 2025, HPD informed them that the remains were Angela's.

"Angela was a bright and loving soul, a daughter whose presence blessed our family every single day," her father said. "Her life was cut far too short, and I am pleading with anyone who has information to come forward and assist law enforcement in their investigation."

Kimberly Williams, CEO of the anti-trafficking organization Faith Collaborative, noted the dynamics that make these cases so difficult to unravel: "Escaping a trafficking situation can be incredibly challenging due to the psychological, as well as physical and financial manipulation that happens."

The Angela Diaz case is not the only 2024 missing-persons matter now landing in a courtroom. In Utah, Henry Cito Piano Resuera Jr. has been charged with killing his Roosevelt neighbor, 60-year-old Kimberly Hyde, who was reported missing by her husband Mike Hyde on October 7, 2024, when he returned home from work and found her gone. Her body was discovered the following day in her car in Vernal. That same morning, blood was found inside the Hyde home, and the house quickly became a crime scene.

Investigators later showed Mike Hyde a street-camera image that changed the direction of the case. "Later, police showed me a street camera picture of a man of small stature wearing a baseball cap, mask and gloves, driving Kim's car," Hyde said. "I was shocked when I found out that the man driving Kim's vehicle was our friend and neighbor, Henry Resuera."

Resuera fled to the Philippines after the killing. This week he called East Idaho News from overseas and declared his innocence, saying, "I can't be silent for too long. The other side of the story must be known. I don't know what will happen next, but I just put my trust to God as I know I am telling the truth and that I am innocent." He also claimed he had filed the missing persons report with the Roosevelt City Police Department himself and spent the night of October 7 driving around Roosevelt searching for Kimberly's vehicle.

Vernal Police Chief Gledhill was unmoved. Investigators remain reticent to release case details given the ongoing investigation, but Gledhill stated plainly that Resuera remains the sole suspect responsible for Hyde's death.

Mike Hyde, who said he had been asked by law enforcement to stay quiet to protect the investigation, felt Resuera's media appearance left him no choice but to respond. "I urge Mr. Resuera to summon even an ounce of decency to stop lying, take responsibility for his actions, and accept the consequences of his evil acts," Hyde said.

Anyone with information in the Angela Diaz case is urged to contact the HPD Homicide Division at 713-308-3600.