A candlelight vigil in Missouri City on Saturday, Aug. 29, will honor Kristen Galvan. The 15-year-old's partial remains were found near a local jogging trail in 2020 and went unidentified for more than six years.

The public gathering begins at 7:30 p.m. at 2435 Texas Parkway, near the site where parts of Galvan's skull, clothing and an earring were recovered beneath a bridge on Jan. 29, 2020. Texas EquuSearch founder Tim Miller and forensic artist Lois Gibson are expected to speak, KHOU reported.

Galvan's mother, Robyn Cory, invited the community to attend. Cory is also planning a permanent memorial at the discovery site featuring a cross illuminated with lights, the Guardian reported in August, because "Kristen was scared of the dark."

Galvan disappeared from Spring on Jan. 2, 2020. Investigators connected her case to a human trafficking investigation involving Houston's Bissonnet Street corridor. Twenty-seven days after she vanished, partial remains were found near the Missouri City trail.

The Missouri City Police Department sought help identifying the remains in November 2022, turning to the Texas Attorney General's Cold Case and Missing Persons Unit. Standard DNA testing failed because of the condition of the remains, according to ABC 13.

The unit worked with the University of North Texas (UNT) to develop a mitochondrial DNA profile. It then partnered with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC), Bode Technology and Astrea Forensics on advanced genetic genealogy testing.

On July 28, Attorney General Ken Paxton's office announced the remains had been positively identified as Galvan's.

"Nobody listened until the cold case detective did in March 2025," Cory told the Guardian in August. "The new detectives on the case have moved mountains."

Known as "Kiki" by family and friends, Galvan was a Girl Scout, a member of her school's drill team and dreamed of a military career. Houston Mayor John Whitmire and Councilmember Mary Nan Huffman proclaimed April 20, Galvan's birthday, as "Kiki's Day."

Cory's advocacy also contributed to the installation of barriers along the Bissonnet Street corridor to disrupt trafficking activity, according to a statement from NCMEC.

Galvan's homicide investigation remains open. Anyone with information can contact the Texas Attorney General's Cold Case and Missing Persons Unit.