Clouse was about a year old when her parents’ bodies were found in January 1981, according to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. They were identified until 2021, when a forensic genetic medicine company said they were Harold Dean Cluj Jr. and Tina Gail Lynn Cluj, originally from Florida, according to Paxton’s office. “Holly appreciates all the support she has received. We ask you to dedicate time to her and to respect her privacy as … Published by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children on Thursday, June 9, 2022 Their deaths are still being investigated, Paxton’s office said. The families last heard from the couple in October 1980, Texas First Assistant Attorney General Brent Webster told a news conference Thursday. Webster said the family that raised Clouse is not suspected of killing her biological parents. He asked the public to contact investigators for any information on the killings, which he said took place between December 1980 and early January 1981. “While we are delighted today that Holly has been found and the families who have been searching for her for decades, we are still searching for suspects in this case,” Webster said. As a baby, Clouse was left in a church in Arizona, Webster said. He did not give details about who found her and did not say when he was in church. Webster said two women brought Clouse to church. The women, who identified themselves as members of a nomadic religious group, wore white robes and were barefoot, Webster said. “They showed that their religious beliefs included the separation of male and female members, the practice of vegetarianism and the non-use or use of leather goods,” he said. Webster said the women said they had previously given a baby to a washing machine. The team members are believed to have traveled to Arizona, California and possibly Texas, Webster said. In the early 1980s, members of the group were located in the Yuma area of ​​Arizona, with female members asking for food, he said. In late December 1980 or early January 1981, Cluj’s parents’ families received a call from a self-proclaimed “Sister Susan,” Webster said. The caller said she was in Los Angeles and wanted to return the parents’ car to the family. “He went on to say that Tina and Dean had joined their religious group and no longer wanted to have contact with their families; they were also giving away all their belongings,” Webster said. The family and the good man arranged a meeting on a track in Daytona, Florida, Webster said. A group of two or three women, all wearing robes, and possibly a man met the family, who had contacted authorities. Webster said the women were reportedly detained, but investigators found no police report of the incident, which Webster said was not unusual given the time. Clouse has been informed of the identity of her biological parents and has been in contact with her newly discovered relatives, the Paxton office said. “This baby was her life,” Tina Clouse’s sister Sherry Linn Green told Holly Clouse in a statement. CBS subsidiary KHOU-TV reports that Holly Cluj now lives in Oklahoma and has five children of her own. “The first thing that came to my mind when we heard that Holly was found was the call I received eight months ago… about my sister’s death,” Tina Cluj’s brother, Les Lynn, said in a statement. “The contrast of this phone call with Holly’s sudden discovery just crossed my mind. Going from hoping to find her to meeting her suddenly less than 8 months later – how wonderful is that?” Holly Clouse, now 42, holds a photo with her parents and herself as a baby. National Center for Missing and Exploited Children

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title: “Holly Cluj Who Went Missing As A Baby Was Found 40 Years After The Murder Of Her Parents In Texas " ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-17” author: “Sharon Watson”

Clouse was about a year old when her parents’ bodies were found in January 1981, according to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. They were identified until 2021, when a forensic genetic medicine company said they were Harold Dean Cluj Jr. and Tina Gail Lynn Cluj, originally from Florida, according to Paxton’s office. “Holly appreciates all the support she has received. We ask you to dedicate time to her and to respect her privacy as … Published by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children on Thursday, June 9, 2022 Their deaths are still being investigated, Paxton’s office said. The families last heard from the couple in October 1980, Texas First Assistant Attorney General Brent Webster told a news conference Thursday. Webster said the family that raised Clouse is not suspected of killing her biological parents. He asked the public to contact investigators for any information on the killings, which he said took place between December 1980 and early January 1981. “While we are delighted today that Holly has been found and the families who have been searching for her for decades, we are still searching for suspects in this case,” Webster said. As a baby, Clouse was left in a church in Arizona, Webster said. He did not give details about who found her and did not say when he was in church. Webster said two women brought Clouse to church. The women, who identified themselves as members of a nomadic religious group, wore white robes and were barefoot, Webster said. “They showed that their religious beliefs included the separation of male and female members, the practice of vegetarianism and the non-use or use of leather goods,” he said. Webster said the women said they had previously given a baby to a washing machine. The team members are believed to have traveled to Arizona, California and possibly Texas, Webster said. In the early 1980s, members of the group were located in the Yuma area of ​​Arizona, with female members asking for food, he said. In late December 1980 or early January 1981, Cluj’s parents’ families received a call from a self-proclaimed “Sister Susan,” Webster said. The caller said she was in Los Angeles and wanted to return the parents’ car to the family. “He went on to say that Tina and Dean had joined their religious group and no longer wanted to have contact with their families; they were also giving away all their belongings,” Webster said. The family and the good man arranged a meeting on a track in Daytona, Florida, Webster said. A group of two or three women, all wearing robes, and possibly a man met the family, who had contacted authorities. Webster said the women were reportedly detained, but investigators found no police report of the incident, which Webster said was not unusual given the time. Clouse has been informed of the identity of her biological parents and has been in contact with her newly discovered relatives, the Paxton office said. “This baby was her life,” Tina Clouse’s sister Sherry Linn Green told Holly Clouse in a statement. CBS subsidiary KHOU-TV reports that Holly Cluj now lives in Oklahoma and has five children of her own. “The first thing that came to my mind when we heard that Holly was found was the call I received eight months ago… about my sister’s death,” Tina Cluj’s brother, Les Lynn, said in a statement. “The contrast of this phone call with Holly’s sudden discovery just crossed my mind. Going from hoping to find her to meeting her suddenly less than 8 months later – how wonderful is that?” Holly Clouse, now 42, holds a photo with her parents and herself as a baby. National Center for Missing and Exploited Children

Alex Sandby

Alex Sundby is Senior Editor for CBSNews.com