The death of a woman whose body was found buried in her back
yard has been ruled a homicide.  League City police said Joyce
Timler's body was found in the 3100 block of Sand Reef Lane near
Anchor Way on Thursday. Her body was wrapped in an air mattress
and was badly decomposed, investigators said.  Detectives said
they found Timler's body after getting a call from her bank.
Employees there noticed suspicious activity with her account and
became worried.  Police said they went to Timler's home on
Wednesday, where they met her 54-year-old son, John.
Investigators said he gave them conflicting information, so they
got a search warrant and came back Thursday.  John Timler
confessed to burying his mother in the back yard, police said. 
The medical examiner's office determined that Joyce Timler's
death was a homicide, but investigators are working to determine
exactly how and when she died.  He is also suspected of writing
checks using his mother's account, detectives said.  Neighbors
said John Timler told them h