In the story nor in the imagination, a woman was found after her disappearance in the eighties of the last decade, when her parents were killed in the US state of Texas, more than 40 years after the incident.
Holly Marie Claus, 42, was found alive and well after a group of investigators used genealogy to identify the bodies of her parents, Tina Jill Lynn Close and Harold Dean Close Jr. Officials.
Parents killed
The story began when Harold and Tina Claus disappeared in late 1980 while moving from Florida to Texas, according to a report by the British newspaper, “The Telegraph”.
The couple were found dead in a forest in the Houston area a few months after they moved.
In addition, authorities identified their remains last year when the couple’s DNA was linked to family members in Kentucky.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office made the announcement during a news conference Thursday.
categorized as missing
Paxton revealed that Ms. Close, who was found alive, now lives in Oklahoma and has five children.
When the murder occurred against her parents, the infant at that time was not found anywhere and was classified as missing for decades, while the couple’s remains were not identified until last year.
Forensic scientists created a picture of Holly before she was found
When the parents’ DNA was extracted by investigators, they found a match with Harold Close’s cousins in Kentucky.
In turn, the first assistant attorney general, Brent Webster, revealed that the girl, Holly, was left at the time in an Arizona church, where she was cared for by a group of mothers.