Rana Soluri’s remains were found along a North Texas creek more than a year after she was last seen alive.
FORT WORTH, Texas — Human remains found by a fisherman in Montague County have been identified through DNA testing as Rana Nofal Soluri, a Fort Worth flight attendant who disappeared in March 2025, authorities said.
The identification answers one of the most persistent questions in an investigation that began after Soluri, 47, stopped communicating with friends and coworkers. She was reported missing June 11, 2025, although investigators determined she had last been seen alive on March 21. Dennis Day, a longtime friend and roommate, was later arrested and charged with murder after police said he admitted killing Soluri and disposing of her body near Bowie.
A fisherman discovered the remains June 13, 2026, along Brushy Creek near FM 1749 in Montague County, northwest of Fort Worth. The remains were recovered with assistance from investigators and forensic specialists and sent to the University of North Texas for identification. DNA testing later confirmed they belonged to Soluri.
The discovery came roughly a year after investigators had searched areas near Bowie based on information Day provided during the homicide investigation. Montague County Sheriff Marshall Thomas said when the remains were found that heavy rains had complicated earlier searches in the area. Fort Worth police and other agencies participated in the investigation after the June discovery.
Soluri worked as a flight attendant for Envoy Air, a regional carrier owned by American Airlines Group. A coworker contacted police in June 2025 after being unable to reach her. Investigators learned that Soluri had been living with Day for about a year and had not been in contact with others since March.
According to an arrest affidavit, investigators searching Day’s Fort Worth residence recovered home surveillance video from March 21. Police said the recording showed Day dragging what appeared to be a lifeless body from the house into the backyard. Day later told investigators that he strangled Soluri during a confrontation and moved her body from the home, according to the affidavit.
Police said Day directed detectives to locations near Bowie where he said Soluri’s body had been discarded. Searches did not locate her at the time. Authorities said repeated flooding in North Texas creeks could have moved or covered remains, complicating efforts to find her.
The case continued even without the recovery of Soluri’s body. Prosecutors later obtained a murder indictment against Day, and investigators continued following evidence connected to her disappearance. The discovery and identification of the remains now establish that Soluri was found in the general region where investigators had focused earlier searches.
Fort Worth police spokesperson Daniel Segura said the identification gives Soluri’s family additional answers after the long investigation. “At least we have some of those answers for them,” Segura said.
Day remains in the Tarrant County Jail on a $200,000 bond while the murder case is pending. The charge is an allegation, and guilt must be established in court. Soluri’s family plans to take her remains to Seattle for burial, according to information shared in a fundraiser for the family.
Author note: Last updated October 6, 2026.