The former wife of the man whose remains were in the SUV that Deer Park police believe crashed into an above-ground pipeline valve, causing a massive fire, said he may have had a seizure before running off the road.
According to police, the medical examiner’s office identified the remains as those of 51-year-old Deer Park resident Jonathan McEvoy.
Delma McEvoy told ABC13 he left the family’s home the morning of Sept. 16 to go to Walmart and never returned. The site of the explosion and fire was located in an easement next to the Walmart on Spencer Highway.
The ex-wife said McEvoy, who had three children, may have had a seizure because “several months ago, he was having them periodically.”
The cause of the incident is still under investigation, according to police.
To identify McEvoy, police said they used radiography comparison . According to forensic experts, this technique compares skeletal structures in ante and post-mortem images and is often used in cases where only skeletal remains are available.