Mother of 5 Found Dead Under Bridge amid Freezing Temperatures: ‘She Did Not Deserve to Die This Way’

“We loved her so so so much we are grieving and so hurt from this,” the teenage daughter of Alicia Harnishfeger wrote in a GoFundMe

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  • Alicia Harnishfeger, a mother of five, was found dead under a bridge in Houston amid frigid temperatures on Jan. 26
  • Temperatures had dipped to 24 degrees the previous night
  • Her teenage daughter, Bianca Barajas, 17, described her mom as “a very sweet, kind, loving person” in a GoFundMe post

The body of a Texas mother of five was found under a bridge in downtown Houston amid freezing temperatures.

Alicia Harnishfeger’s body was discovered on Monday, Jan. 26, according to local news outlet Click 2 Houston. Her cause of death is still pending.

PEOPLE reached out to the Houston Police Department for comment on Sunday, Feb. 1, but did not receive an immediate response…

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