Mara Nikki Vestal, 29, was reported missing from Katy, Texas, after her husband, Jay Patrick Hammersley, told police she had left their home on or around March 6, 2019. That initial account proved false. Hammersley later confessed to killing Vestal on or about February 16, 2019, saying an argument after a visit to a strip club turned violent. He admitted striking her with an object and strangling her.

Hammersley told investigators he attempted to cremate Vestal in a backyard shed using about 100 pounds of charcoal, then placed the remains in a trash bag. When curbside pickup did not occur he moved the bag to a workplace dumpster. Vestal’s body has never been recovered. The couple had a two-year-old daughter who was staying with relatives at the time.

Hammersley’s adult daughter described a volatile marriage and said Vestal could be violent when intoxicated; police say no domestic violence calls had been made to the home. Does anyone have information about Vestal’s last known movements or the location of her remains?