About this episode

The episode explores the 42-year search for Holly Clouse, the missing daughter of a couple found murdered in Texas in 1981.

January 12, 1981. A dog wandered into the woods north of Houston and returned home carrying a decomposed human arm. Search parties found two bodies. A young man, bound and beaten to death. A young woman, strangled and posed in prayer. For 40 years, they remained unidentified. Buried in anonymous graves. Forgotten. Until genetic genealogy finally gave them their names: Harold Dean Clouse Junior, 21, and Tina Gail Linn Clouse, 17. A young couple from Florida who had moved to Texas with their one-year-old daughter, Holly. But when the families learned the truth, they asked one question investigators had never considered: where is the baby? No infant's body had been found with Dean and Tina. No Baby Doe cases matched. Had she been taken by the killers? Was she still alive? The search led to barefoot women in white robes, a nomadic religious cult called the Christ Family, and a baby left at an Arizona church. This is the story of a 42-year mystery, a daughter who grew up not knowing her own name, and a reunion that defied all odds. Become a Patreon or Apple + subscriber now for ealry and ad free access from as little as $1.69 a week. All the details here Subscribe to Crime at Bedtimes…

People in this episode

Host: Jack Laurence

Topics covered

• unsolved mystery
• genetic genealogy
• missing persons
• true crime
• cult involvement
• family reunion

Keywords

• Holly Clouse
• murder mystery
• genetic genealogy
• missing baby
• Christ Family cult
• Texas murders
• unsolved cases

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Christ Family

Places: Houston, Florida, Texas, Arizona

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