Family photo of Tina Gail Linn, Holly Marie Clouse, and Harold Dean Clouse. Murdered in 1980 and discovered in early 1981, Holly's body was never found.
She was found alive 42 years later. HOUSTON - More than 40 years after her parents were found murdered in a wooded area of Houston, Holly Marie Clouse has been found alive.Baby Holly and her parents Tina Gail Linn Clouse and Harold Dean Clouse Jr.
had last been seen by family in 1980 before they left their home in Volusia County, Florida so Harold could pursue carpentry work in Texas.Soon after, the couple's car was returned to their family who was then led to believe the couple had joined a religious group and no longer wanted contact.Sadly, Tina and Dean, who married in June 1979, became the victims of homicide.The newlywed couple had been dead approximately two months before their bodies were found on January 12, 1981, when a dog led searchers to their remains.
Dean was found beaten, bound and gagged. Tina had been strangled. But they could not be identified at the time.In October 2021, Identifinders International used genetic genealogy to identify Tina and Dean as the two people who were found in the Houston woods.