Zuhyr Hamza Kaleem was 21 and a Lone Star College student when he was killed on April 26, 2019, in Plantersville, Texas. He was last seen near Greenhouse Road and FM 529; his family reported him missing a couple of days later. Investigators say the encounter began as a marijuana transaction at the home of a former high school classmate, Jose Varela.

Varela and Aguilar then took Kaleem’s body to a property in Grimes County where it was burned and buried; Varela later drove Kaleem’s car to Mexico and abandoned it. Kaleem’s remains were eventually recovered from a shallow grave on that property.

Varela pleaded guilty to murder and was sentenced to 45 years; Aguilar received life without parole. A third suspect, Austin Walker, is pending trial, and another person living on the property was charged with tampering after admitting to burying the body. Kaleem’s family has launched a fundraiser to build a water filtration plant in Pakistan in his memory.

If anyone knew Zuhyr, his movements that day, or has information about the people involved, please share what is known.