Body found buried in a shallow grave behind a home in Alabama has been identified as Paighton Houston, who disappeared almost two weeks ago after texting her friends that she was in trouble.
Catch up on the developing stories making headlines.A body found buried in a shallow grave behind a home in Alabama on Friday has been identified as Paighton Houston, who disappeared almost two weeks ago after texting her friends that she was in trouble, officials with the Trussville Police Department said.
The investigation into the disappearance of Houston, who was last seen on Dec. 21, led authorities to a home in Hueytown, where a body was found, Valerie Hicks Hale, the chief assistant district attorney for the city of Bessemer, told ABC News. "Our thoughts and prayers are with the Houston family as they begin the grieving process," the Trussville Police Department said in a statement Friday night.
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