Holly Marie Clouse, then an infant, was left in church in the early 1980s by two barefoot, white women wearing robes. They identified themselves as members of a “nomadic religious group” that practiced gender segregation, vegetarianism, and did not believe in the use or use of skin. The women claimed they had previously given another baby to a washing machine. Her biological parents, Harold Dean Clouse and Tina Gail Clouse, disappeared in the late 1980s while moving from Florida to Texas. The newlyweds were found dead in a Houston wooded area on January 12, 1981. However, their identities remained unknown until last year when DNA linked the couple to family members in Kentucky. Holly, now 42, grew up in a family not suspected of killing her biological parents, the Texas Attorney General’s Office revealed Thursday. She currently lives in Oklahoma with her five children. Holly and her biological family met for the first time earlier this week online. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children facilitates a personal meeting in the near future. Holly Marie Clouse (pictured as a baby) was an infant when her parents Harold Dean Clouse and Tina Gail Clouse disappeared in the late 1980s while moving from Florida to Texas. Now, more than four decades later, Holly (pictured) is reunited with her biologically extended family Harold and Tina’s family contacted an alleged member of the cult, who called herself Sister Susan, either in late December 1980 or in January 1981. The woman told the family Harold, 21, and Tina, 17, had joined their religious group and no longer wanted to have contact with relatives. He also claimed that the couple was giving up all their belongings. Sister Susan, who claimed to be calling from Los Angeles, California, asked for money in exchange for returning the vehicle to Florida, where the family lived. They agreed to meet the woman at the Daytona racetrack in early January and notified authorities of the deal. The family described interacting with two to three women, and possibly a man, during the meeting. The men were wearing robes and appeared to be members of the same group that left Holly in the church. The team did return the car, which belonged to Harold’s mother, and Florida police reportedly detained them, but the Texas AG office said it had not yet found a record of the incident. Harold and Tina were last heard from their family in October 1980 while living in Lewisville, Texas. They were killed sometime between December 1980 or early January 1981. Harold was beaten, tied up and gagged, while Tina was strangled. Their bodies were found by dogs on Wallisville Road in Houston between January 6 and 11. They remained unknown until last year, when family DNA linked the couple to the bodies. No arrests have ever been made in connection with the murders of Harold and Tina and the investigation into their deaths is ongoing. Anyone with information on the case is kindly requested to contact the Texas Attorney General’s Cold Cases and Missing Persons Unit. “We wish Holly the best. “We are grateful to have found her, but we must continue our investigation into who killed them,” First Assistant Attorney General Brent Webster told a news conference on Thursday. Harold Dean Clouse, 21, and Tina Gail (Linn) Clouse, 17 (photo with their one-year-old daughter Holly Marie) were found dead in a wooded area of ​​Houston, Texas, in January 1981 – at the time. , their identities were unknown Their bodies were found by dogs two months later on Wallisville Road in Houston. Harold was beaten, tied up and gagged, while Tina was strangled. The area where their remains were found is depicted in February 2022 Police showed up at Holly’s workplace in Oklahoma on Tuesday, on Harold’s 63rd birthday. Officials linked her to her biological relatives and the extended family spoke online for the first time. “It’s one of the most important things I’ve ever done,” Det said. Steve Wheeler, Volusia County Sheriff’s Office, told KHOU. “It is once in your life to play even a small role in the reunification of a family after 40 years.” It is unknown at this time what he will do after leaving the post. Researchers at the newly formed Cold Case and Missing Persons unit in Texas began searching for Holly after officials confirmed the identities of Harold and Tina earlier this year. Hope for Holly is running across the state with law enforcement officials in Texas, Florida and Arizona working to find the lost baby of Harold and Tina. Meanwhile, Holly’s extended family said finding her was an answered prayer. The Texas Cold Case and Missing Persons unit began searching for Holly (photo as a baby) after officials confirmed the identities of Harold and Tina earlier this year. The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children released an “aging” photo earlier this year showing what Holly might look like as an adult. “Finding Holly is a birthday present from heaven since we found her on Junior’s birthday. “I prayed for over 40 years for answers and the Lord revealed some of them … we found Holly,” said her grandmother, Donna Kazasanda. “I thank all the researchers who worked so hard to find Holly. I prayed for them day in and day out that they would find Holly and she would be fine. Thank you from the bottom of my heart to Mindy Montford. We will be forever grateful. ” County forensic artist Harris Mary Mize in January 1981 designed a pastel remake of Harold (left, in his youth) and Tina (right, in her youth) Clouse after finding their bodies, but no one was able to identify the couple. because they had just recently moved to Houston Officials have not yet revealed how they identified the mother of five Oklahoma children as missing Holly Marie Cluj (baby photo) Harris County forensic artist Mary Mize at the time designed pastel remakes of the couple after their bodies were found, but no one was able to identify the couple because they had just moved to Houston.
Clouse’s bodies were exhumed in July 2011 to check if the couple was in a relationship. But a major break in the 20-year-old case came in 2021, when medical examiners Misty Gillis and Allison Peacock of FHD Forensics contacted Indentifinders International and handed over the puzzling puzzle. The team entered new information on GEDmatch.com and was able to match Harold Cluj’s DNA with his cousins ​​in Kentucky. Investigators contacted Harold’s sister, Debbie Brooks, and eventually identified the bodies as Harold and Tina. Brooks then asked the team if they had found the baby, but scientists were unaware that Holly, last seen in Lewisville, Texas, was there. The disagreement sparked a search for the baby again. Holly’s extended family (photographed in February at the site of Harold and Tina’s bodies) said finding her was a “gift from heaven” “The first thing that came to my mind when we heard that Holly was found was the call I received eight months ago from [Peacock] “about my sister’s death,” said Les Lin, Holly’s uncle, after police found his missing niece. “The contrast of this phone call with Holly’s sudden discovery just came to my mind. Hoping to find her to meet her suddenly less than 8 months later – how wonderful is that? ‘ “It is a great blessing to reassure me that she is well and had a good life. The whole family slept well last night. “The Hope for Holly Project was a success thanks to Mindy and her team,” said her aunt, Cheryl Clouse.