Human remains found along a Montague County creek have been identified as Rana Nofal Soluri, a 47-year-old Fort Worth flight attendant whose disappearance led to a murder charge against her longtime friend and housemate.
A fisherman discovered the remains June 13 along Brushy Creek near FM 1749 in the Sunset area, according to Montague County Sheriff Marshall Thomas. Staff from the University of North Texas Forensic Anthropology Center recovered the remains the following day. DNA analysis later confirmed the remains belonged to Soluri.
Soluri was reported missing June 11, 2025, after a coworker became concerned about losing contact with her. Investigators determined she was last known to be alive in March 2025.
Dennis William Day, who lived with Soluri for about a year, was arrested in June 2025 and later indicted on a murder charge. Day remains in the Tarrant County Jail on a $200,000 bond, according to Fox 4 KDFW. The case remains pending.
As The Dallas Express previously reported, an arrest warrant affidavit states Day told Fort Worth police that he strangled Soluri during a confrontation inside their Fort Worth home. Investigators also recovered surveillance footage from March 21 that appeared to show Day dragging a lifeless body from the home into the backyard.
Day told investigators that he placed Soluri’s body in a black trash bin, drove toward Bowie, and dumped the body over a bridge, according to the affidavit. Investigators searched multiple locations near Bowie but did not initially locate her remains.
The remains may have been covered by mud when investigators searched the location a year earlier, Fort Worth homicide Detective Tom O’Brien told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
Fort Worth Police spokesperson Daniel Segura said the identification provided additional answers for Soluri’s family.
“I can only imagine what they are going through. But as far as the investigation, at least we have some of those answers for them,” he said, per Fox 4.
Police have also accused Joanne Walters, also known as Joni Thomas, of helping Day dispose of Soluri’s body. Walters was indicted on a charge of tampering with evidence with intent to impair a human corpse. Her case also remains pending.
Fort Worth police had not received a pathologist’s determination on the cause or manner of death as of the latest reporting.
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