Baby Holly

Holly Marie Clouse was found by the Office of the Texas Attorney General's new Cold Case and Missing Persons Unit.

“The whole family slept well last night. “What matters,” Peacock said, “is that Holly was found happy and alive and now knows that she has a huge extended family that has loved her for decades.” CNN reported that Holly Marie was turned over to officials at an Arizona church as an infant. A search was conducted in three states for records of Holly Marie Clouse. Family History Detectives launched the Hope For Holly DNA Project and became custodian, they said, of the genetic profiles of several of Holly’s family members. “It’s one of the most meaningful things I’ve ever been a part of,” said Detective Steve Wheeler of the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office. “It’s a once in a lifetime thing to play even a small part in reuniting a family after 40 years.” Now, after being “missing” for more than 40 years, the woman who had been known as “Baby Holly Marie,” has been reunited with her extended family as a result of an investigation by the Office of the Texas Attorney Genera’s new Cold Case and Missing Persons Unit.

Authorities say a baby girl missing since her parents were found murdered in Texas in 1981 has been found in Oklahoma.

The mystery behind who killed the girl's parents more than 40 years ago remains unsolved and has authorities seeking the public's help.

In late December 1980 or early January 1981, the missing couple’s family received a telephone call from a woman identifying herself only as “Sister Susan.” The woman said she was calling from Los Angeles to explain that the missing couple had joined their religious group, renounced all her worldly possessions and wanted no further contact with their families. The women were taken into custody and the car was turned over to Donna Casasanta, Harold Dean Clouse’s mother, but no case file about the women’s arrest could be found by Florida authorities, Webster said. It was not known how the women came into possession of the infant. Hours after the stunning revelation, the Oklahoma woman was introduced to her grandmother, aunts and uncles during a Zoom call. As for the missing infant, it wasn’t until Tuesday, when modern technology led investigators into her workplace, that the now 42-year-old woman would learn of her biological family and her tragic background. The Harris County medical examiner’s office said the man had been beaten to death, while the woman had been strangled.

'Baby Holly' Crouse, now aged 42, was not found with her parents at the murder scene.

“My office diligently worked across state lines to uncover the mystery surrounding Holly’s disappearance. He said that the group is thought to have travelled throughout the south-west of the US during the 1980s, and that several women matching the description of the group have been seen in Yuma, Arizona. Baby Holly” Crouse, now aged 42, was not found with her parents at the murder scene and her parents were not identified until 2021 using DNA tests.

But investigators are still trying to find out who killed Hollyís parents, Harold Dean Clouse, Jr. and Tina Gail Linn Clouse. ìWe wish Holly the best. We're ...

“And I just wanted to put my arms around her.” We found her,” Debbie Brooks, Holly’s aunt, told CNN affiliate WESH. Their daughter, who was an infant at the time, was not found with them — leaving behind many unanswered questions. “We wish Holly the best. We found her! More than 40 years later, the woman has been found “alive and well,” officials said Thursday. Now age 42, the woman was referred to as “Baby Holly” by Webster at the news conference.

"Baby Holly's" deceased parents were discovered in the woods in Houston in 1981. In 2021, the bodies were identified as Tina Gail Linn Clouse and Harold Dean ...

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The grandmother of Texas' recently found "Baby Holly" said she never stopped searching for answers as to the whereabouts of Dean and Tina Clouse and their ...

"'Sister Susan' asked for money in exchange for returning the car to Florida, where the family lived. "The women indicated they had given up a baby before at a laundromat." "It was just so good to see Holly." "I just cried," she said. "I always wondered whatever happened with the baby. "My daughter had come over to tell me in person," she said.

The Texas Attorney General Office announced Thursday that is has located Holly Clouse, an infant who went missing in 1981 when her parents were found dead ...

In late December 1980 or early January 1981, Tina and Dean’s families received a phone call from someone who identified herself as “Sister Susan.” “Sister Susan” told them that she was in Los Angeles and wanted to return Tina and Dean’s car to their families in Florida, in exchange for money, Webster said. Holleman, who was present at the meeting with Holly, declined to comment publicly on the investigation other than to say “he is glad this family could be reunited and find some answers after so many decades,” according to a news release from the city of Lewisville. Last year, Identifinders International used genetic genealogy to identify those victims as Tina Gail Linn Clouse, 17, and Harold Dean Clouse Jr., 21, a young couple who had been living in Lewisville and were missing.

Baby Holly's parents were found slain in Houston but no one knew what happened to their daughter – until now.

“Baby Holly has been located alive and well and is now 42 years of age. “I hadn’t slept the whole night in 42 years, and that’s the truth.” “Baby Holly” Crouse, now 42, had been missing ever since her parents were found slain at a murder scene in 1981. According to Webster, one woman, who called herself “sister Susan,” had contacted members of the Linn and Clouse families in either late 1980 or early 1981 and told them Tina and Dean Jr. had joined their group and no longer wanted to have contact with their families. They hope the latest developments lead to a break in the case. “I was crying for joy, because we’ve all been praying that we would find her and she would be okay – and she’d had a family that took care of her and raised her proper … we were very glad for that.”

Donna Casasanta, the grandmother of "Baby Holly," who went missing more than four decades following the gruesome murder of her parents, said the child, ...

“It was extremely surreal,” said Allison Peacock, of FHD Forensics and who served as the other genetic genealogist on the case. The whole family slept well last night,” said Cheryl Clouse, Holly’s aunt, in a statement to the Chronicle. But even with the discovery of Holly, the case still isn’t cracked. “I personally am so relieved to know Holly is alive and well and was well cared for, but also torn up by it all. They contacted Debbie Brooks, Harold’s sister in Kentucky, and unearthed the couple’s long-unknown identities. That baby was her life.” Yet, the homicide was a strange mystery until they were identified by the team in 2021. I hadn’t slept the whole night in 42 years, and that’s the truth.” She received letters from her son throughout the family’s travels, until October of 1980 when they abruptly stopped. At the time, she didn’t know why they halted so suddenly, but one day, she received an odd anonymous call a few months later. According to Harold’s family, he was always a troublemaker. “She looks a lot like her mother…

A woman who was turned over to officials at an Arizona church as a baby more than four decades ago has been identified through DNA as the daughter of a ...

"I am extremely proud of the exceptional work done by my office's newly formed Cold Case and Missing Persons Unit," Paxton said. "And I just wanted to put my arms around her." "It's very heartbreaking knowing that they had been killed that long ago and we never knew it. We're grateful that we found her," Webster said. Their daughter, who was an infant at the time, was not found with them -- leaving behind many unanswered questions. "We wish Holly the best.