Texas River Discovery Identifies Missing Flight Attendant Murdered in 2025

DNA confirms remains found in Texas river are of missing flight attendant murdered in 2025. Roommate charged with murder.

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October 7, 2026 One Min Read

POLICY WIRE — Fort Worth, Texas — A body discovered in a creek in Montague County has been confirmed through DNA analysis as Rana Nofal Soluri, a 47-year-old flight attendant who vanished last year, according to local authorities.

Soluri’s remains were found by a fisherman in Brushy Creek in June and sent for testing at the University of North Texas. Her roommate, Dennis William Day, 67, was arrested last year and charged with her murder. He reportedly confessed to strangling her during an argument and discarding her body in a black trash bag near a bridge.

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Day faces a $200,000 bond, while Joni Thomas, a friend of his, has been charged with evidence tampering after allegedly helping to conceal the remains. Soluri, who worked for Envoy Air, was last seen on March 21, 2025, and was reported missing two months later. Surveillance footage from the night of her disappearance showed Day dragging what appeared to be a lifeless body from their shared home. The case was escalated to a homicide unit after it was revealed she had recently purchased a car, suggesting she did not leave voluntarily.

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