Kristen Galvan, a 15-year-old girl who vanished in 2020 after being sex-trafficked, has been confirmed murdered following DNA testing of partial remains found under a bridge in Missouri City, Texas. Her mother, Robyn Cory, said the match was made in August 2025, but police asked her not to disclose it until now.
Galvan was groomed by Houston gang members via Instagram and trafficked. After first being found and returned home by police, she disappeared again on 3 January 2020. Her remains were discovered on 29 January 2020 but were classified as a Jane Doe and not linked to her disappearance until years later.
Despite a forensic facial reconstruction image that strongly resembled Galvan, and her mother urging law enforcement to check the remains, DNA testing was not performed until July 2025. Cory first saw the Jane Doe profile on the NamUs database in 2022 but was told it was not her daughter.
Kristen is believed to have been bound with duct tape, beaten and stabbed to death. Only part of her skull was recovered; other body parts have never been found. Her trafficker, rapper Aryion Jackson, was convicted using testimony she gave after her first return home.
Jackson ran a trap house holding up to 12 girls and women, forcing them into prostitution and using violence to enforce quotas. Galvan's mother said her daughter was terrified the gang would harm her family if she did not comply.
