In a quiet Texas park, an eerie find has pierced the calm of The Woodlands community. A fetus, estimated to be about 12 to 13 weeks gestation, was discovered inside an urn floating in a local pond. The unsettling discovery has been deemed not a criminal matter by authorities after an investigation.

The macabre find was made by a Woodlands Township Park Ranger who spotted the small urn bobbing in the waters of Copper Sage Park on South Golden Arrow Circle. The ranger's discovery, prompted on Tuesday afternoon is as much a mystery as it is a tragedy.

As FOX26 Houston reported, the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office conducted a thorough investigation and found no evidence of medical intervention. After an examination by the Montgomery County Forensics Center, it was confirmed that the fetus was the result of a miscarriage.

"Based on the investigation, this is not a criminal offense and appears that no crime has occurred," the sheriff’s office relayed in a statement. It seems that the small urn, and its contents, may have been set adrift as someone’s way of parting with a loss that words could not express.

KHOU had earlier shed light on the initial moments of the discovery, noting the involved death investigators from Montgomery County Forensic Center and detectives from the sheriff's office. All efforts culminated in a consensus that no criminal offense had been committed. The community of The Woodlands, shocked by the initial find, now faces the reality that grief takes many forms and sometimes leaves ripples in its wake.