Authorities have identified a woman found dead near a burning vehicle along the Brazos River last week as 32-year-old Leah Dawn Adams, the Palo Pinto County Sheriff's Office announced.

Palo Pinto County homicide What we know: Deputies responding to a 911 call on Aug. 27 located a vehicle on fire at Oaks Crossing, finding Adams' body a short distance away, Sheriff JR Patterson said in a statement.

Investigators with the sheriff's office Criminal Investigation Division and the Texas Rangers determined the death was a homicide.