Dead Body Tentatively Identified

TYLER � Officials have tentatively identified a dead body found in Tyler this week in a vacant field by an individual who was mowing the field with a brush hog. Investigators located a wallet on the badly decomposed body, found Tuesday in the 400 block of NNE Loop 323. A Mexican identification card was discovered in the wallet that belonged to 49-year-old Asuncion Baldovinos-Toribio. Investigators also located a cell phone and apartment key that belonged to Baldovinos-Toribio in the immediate area of the body.

Investigators have talked with family members of Baldovinos-Toribio, and they confirmed that Baldovinos-Toribio has not been seen in the last month. Investigators believe at this time that the remains are those of Baldovinos-Toribio. Tests are being conducted, such as DNA testing, for final confirmation. The cause of death has not been determined and is still under investigation. Baldovinos-Toribio is also identified by the name of Valdovinos Chon in judicial records