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Cold case investigators have located the adult daughter of a Florida couple who was found dead in 1981, whose baby ended up in the care of a “nomadic religious group,” authorities said Thursday.
The identities of two bodies found in a wooded area in Houston in 1981 were unknown until last year, when genetic research finally determined they were Tina Gail Linn Clouse and Harold Dean Clouse Jr., Texas prosecutors said. However, the couple’s young daughter was not found near her parents’ remains, authorities said.
Statement
“The Linn and Clouse families have been seeking answers about the well-being of the Clouses and their daughter, Holly, since they were last heard from in 1980,” the Texas Attorney General’s Office said in a statement.
From left, Debbie Brooks, Christopher Casasanta, Donna Casasanta, Cheryl Clouse, Les Linn and Tess Welch hug and pray at the gravesite of loved ones Harold Dean Clouse and his wife, Tina Gail Linn Clouse, in Houston on March 1 .
“Baby Holly has been located safe and sound and is now 42 years old. Holly has been notified of the identities of her biological parents and has been in contact with her extended biological family and they look forward to meeting in person soon.”
Texas prosecutors revealed Holly was eventually dropped off at a church in Arizona by two barefoot women in white robes who said they were members of a “nomadic religious group” that ate only vegetables and avoided leather products, the Texas prosecutor told reporters. First Assistant Attorney General Brent Webster. .
“The women had indicated that they had delivered a baby before, at a laundromat,” said Webster, who did not name the religious group, which said it had been seen in Arizona, California and “possibly Texas.”
Family
“The family that raised Holly is not a suspect in this case,” Webster added.
In late December 1980 or January 1981, the couple’s family said they received a phone call from a woman calling herself “Sister Susan,” claiming that the two had joined her religious group and wanted to cut off all family ties, Webster said.
“They wanted to return Tina and Dean’s car to their family,” Webster said. “They were also giving away all their possessions. Sister Susan asked for money to return the car to Florida where the family lived.”
“The family described meeting two or three women and possibly a man, and again these women were wearing robes and appeared to be members of this religious group,” Webster said.
“According to reports, the police detained the women, but there is no record of a police report on file that has been found so far. Given the age of this case, that’s common. We’re still on the hunt for that police report. Webster said.
Investigation
A spokesman for the Daytona Beach Police Department, the agency that would cover the race, said Thursday afternoon that his force has not been in contact with Texas investigators about the matter.
The red 1978 AMC Concord that was returned to the family was the couple’s car, and Texas authorities believe they were killed in December 1980 or early January 1981.
The couple, whose bodies were found on Wallisville Road in Harris County, last spoke to their families in late October 1980, when they lived in Lewisville, Texas, north of Dallas, Webster said.
The murder case remains unsolved and prosecutors said they hope the publicity surrounding the case will lead to new leads.
“Thank you to all of the investigators for working so hard to find Holly,” Holly’s grandmother, Donna Casasanta, said in a statement released by prosecutors.
