This is an absolutely incredible story. It shows the dogged belief the people of the USA has in valuing the family. I congratulate everyone involved in finding the missing child as an adult. Everyone who added to the path to the truth has done remarkable work.
I just find this story magnificent in the depth of the belief in family.
By Chelsea Robinson
There's been a new discovery (click here) in the mysterious death of a Florida couple and the disappearance of their baby.
According to a news release from the Texas Attorney General's Office, the bodies of a man and woman were discovered in a wooded area of Houston, Texas, in 1981. Investigators believe they were victims of a homicide. According to the Houston Chronicle, the man had been beaten to death and the woman was strangled.
Their remains were not identified until 2021 when investigators used DNA technology to determine the remains belonged to Tina Gail Linn Clouse and Harold Dean Clouse Jr.
The couple, who had reportedly just moved from New Smyrna Beach to Texas, had a baby named Holly. The infant was not found with the remains of the Clouses.
Family members of the Clouses have been searching for answers since the married couple and their daughter vanished in 1980.
On Wednesday, the Texas Attorney General's Office announced that Holly had been found alive and well, now 42 years old.
Investigators apparently walked into Holly's workplace this week, in Oklahoma, and told her who she was, leading to her being reunited virtually with her biological family members.
On Thursday afternoon, the Texas Attorney General's Office held a news conference that answered questions about who raised Holly.
The news conference began with a plea to the public asking anyone with information on the case to come forward.
First Assistant Attorney General Brent Webster described the case as "an ongoing criminal investigation," and stressed that there were details he wouldn't be able to discuss....
