Decapitated Teen Identified

Fingerprints played key role in identifying Irvin N. Cruz

Fingerprints have been used to identify a Galveston County teenager found dead after apparently being decapitated by a railroad car.

The Galveston County Medical Examiner's office said toxicology results are pending for 17-year-old Irvin N. Cruz.

On Monday night, railroad workers found his body along a line near Hitchcock.

Sheriff's Maj. Ray Tuttoilmondo on Wednesday told the Galveston County Daily News that authorities do not suspect foul play and there are indications that the death was a suicide.

Tuttoilmondo also said investigators have not totally ruled out that the death was an accident.

Cruz was from an unincorporated part of Galveston County known as Freddiesville.

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