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🎙️🎙️🎙️ Y'all, pull up a seat because I've got an extraordinary tale for you. It starts in 1981 in Harris County, when a dog walked out of the woods, a human arm in its jaws -- and ended this week, 42 years later, with a grandma reuniting with a girl she feared had died. 🎙️🎙️🎙️

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BREAKING: HOLLY MARIE CLOUSE IS ALIVE!!!!! … 42 years later, a murdered Texas couple's missing baby has finally been found

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The person who challenged Abbott... was @BetoORourke

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Yesterday, I wrote about the firearm that the shooter used to kill 21 people in Uvalde. It was a Daniel Defense DDM4 V7, which retails for $1,900. Now, it looks like Daniel Defense has pulled out of the NRA's convention in HOU.

Daniel Defense, the Maker of the Uvalde Shooter’s ‘Perfect Rifle,’ Abruptly Exits the NRA Convention

But the company may still benefit from Tuesday’s horror, just as its sales went up after the 2012 slaughter of 20 kids and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

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The complaint in the current matter makes for some truly unhinged reading.

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The San Antonio cop fired for giving a homeless man a literal shit sandwich — then fired again for another feces-related incident— somehow got another job 🤯

San Antonio’s feces sandwich cop illustrates broken police accountability system

Officer Matthew Luckhurst’s behavior was appalling. Yet after six years and two...

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Video clearly shows Rep. Mike Nearman helping right-wing demonstrators breach Oregon Capitol

Security video obtained by The Oregonian/OregonLive under a public records request clearly shows Rep. Mike Nearman, a Republican from Independence, open a door to the Capitol during a Dec. 21 special...

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BREAKING: HOLLY MARIE CLOUSE IS ALIVE!!!!! … 42 years later, a murdered Texas couple's missing baby has finally been found

42 years later, a murdered Texas couple's missing baby has finally been found

More than 40 years ago, a Houston couple was brutally murdered. Their baby has been...

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Someone has approached the stage. People yelling "you are out of line?" While someone else yelled "Freedom of speech, what happened to that????"

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Well that’s a headline

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Thanks for indulging this long thread, and sorry for all the exclamation points, y'all. But this is truly one of the wildest stories I've EVER covered. I hope you enjoyed it and you'll read some of our past coverage.

42 years later, a murdered Texas couple's missing baby has finally been found

More than 40 years ago, a Houston couple was brutally murdered. Their baby has been...

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As we now know, state investigators were feverishly working to track down Holly. And then, weeks later, on what would have been Dean's 63rd birthday, they found her! SHE. IS. ALIVE!! In Oklahoma!!! (Photo by way of @Allison_Peacock !)

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Aguirre was apparently paid more than $200k from the "Liberty Center for God and Country," to investigate the alleged voter fraud. The vast majority of the money — $211,400 — came the day after the alleged aggravated assault.

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Chief Acevedo, other law enforcement officials slam Trump's family separation policy

Chief Acevedo and other law enforcement slam Trump's family separation policy

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Dude just got 170,000 people sick leave with this thread. Touché, sir.

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1. @darden , parent company of @olivegarden , DOES NOT provide its 170K+ restaurant employees w/paid sick leave (except in 11 states where it's the law) I talked to @darden staff around the country and heard horror stories about people coming to work sick

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BREAKING: Harris County District Attorney's Office is dismissing charges against 604 people arrested during #GeorgeFloyd protests. A total of 796 cases, all non-violent misdemeanors. Charges remain against 51 adults, 1 juvenile.

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BREAKING: Houston Police officer drowns in Harvey floodwaters

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No pithy tweets today. Here’s our front page, dedicated to victims of yet another mass shooting, as politicians dither. For Uvalde.

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At @GregAbbott_TX 's presser presently. He talks about how children are "a gift," of their laughter, of the joy they bring their parents. The tragedy has shaken Uvalde "to its core"

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Baby found, reconnected with mom, according to Pct. Constable Ofc.

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An immense challenge all round. There's an 8-month-old baby missing, that was handed off to rescuers. "They don't know where the baby is."

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Trump took $70,000 in tax deductions for hair care. That's illegal, experts say

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After the deep freeze, I set out to learn about how disabled and medically fragile Texans fared in the blackout. My story is out today, but I’d like to share a couple of stories from people I spoke to but couldn’t quote in my story.

‘I don’t know who cares about us’: How Texas failed people with disabilities during the freeze

Olivia Esparza grew desperate as she watched her daughter, Diana, get colder and colder...

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The Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church:

Presiding Bishop Michael Curry

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This evening, the President of the United States stood in front of St. John’s Episcopal Church, lifted up a bible, and had pictures of himself taken. In so doing, he used a church building and the Holy Bible for partisan political purposes.

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After that grisly discovery, police spent days searching and finally found two mangled corpses, a young man and woman with "beautiful teeth." But try as they might, they couldn't ID the couple. ... until earlier this year.

After 40 years, a murdered Houston couple has finally been identified. Where is their missing baby?

If the missing Houston baby is still alive, she would be turning 42 — although she...

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I learned her parents told her a young couple had given her up for adoption. I still have so many questions: who killed Dean and Tina? Did Dean and Tina give her up for adoption? If so, why? Did others pose as the couple? WHAT A STORY

42 years later, a murdered Texas couple's missing baby has finally been found

More than 40 years ago, a Houston couple was brutally murdered. Their baby has been...

www.houstonchronicle.com

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After Sabika Sheikh’s life was cruelly snatched away by the Santa Fe shooter, two thousand people gathered at her funeral. The mosque overflowed, so they knelt in the grass and prayed in the rain

Alyson Ward

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An exchange student from Pakistan was one of the 10 killed Friday at #SantaFeHighSchool . Sunday, thousands gathered at a local mosque to mourn 17-yr-old #SabikaSheikh . When the mosque overflowed, people knelt in the grass and prayed in the rain.

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The former captain, Mark Aguirre, was fired from HPD in 2003 for his role in the Kmart mass arrests of 270 people during an operation meant to crack down on illegal street-racing and which turned into a complete debacle.

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INCOMING: I’ve spent the year covering the Houston Police Narcotics’ Division. In January, HPD narcs burst into a home on Harding Street looking for heroin. The “no-knock” raid devolved into a shootout, ending with the deaths of Rhogena Nicholas and Dennis Tuttle. (thread)

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Most efforts to ban books in Texas schools came from 1 politician and GOP pressure, not parents, a Houston Chronicle investigation has found. The details, from @hdellingermedia and @serrano_alej : )

Most efforts to ban books in Texas schools came from 1 politician and GOP pressure, not parents

The Chronicle’s findings represent one of the clearest assessments to date of the...

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Prosecutors: A former HPD captain faces assault charges after accosting an A/C repairman at gunpoint who he believed was involved in a ballot fraud scheme

Prosecutors: Ex-HPD captain charged with assault suspected A/C repairman was in bogus ballot scheme

Prosecutors say Mark A. Aguirre allegedly pointed a gun at a man while attempting to...

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Hours later, THIS PAST TUESDAY, they were all on a Zoom. The last time Donna saw her, she was just an infant. Now, she's a mom to five kids and a has two very young grandchildren.

42 years later, a murdered Texas couple's missing baby has finally been found

More than 40 years ago, a Houston couple was brutally murdered. Their baby has been...

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If you don't live in Texas, here's how to help #Harvey 's victims

Hurricane Harvey: How to help victims of the Texas storm

Here's how to help the storm victims affected by Hurricane Harvey.

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"Families are broken apart, hearts are forever shattered all Texans are grieving with the people of Uvalde, and people are rightfully angry about what has happened," he said. Events like this they tear at the fabric of a community...."

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There are thousands of Jane and John Does across the US, people who died alone or without identification, who are named. In Harris County, there are at least 300+ such cases since 1950 -- and about 1,700 total across TX.

DNA testing puts cold cases in the spotlight. But in Houston, hundreds of the dead remain unident...

In 2021, 437 people came into the medical examiner’s lab as unidentified persons,...

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Y'all, some news: Next month I'll be moving to California to cover city hall for the @sfchronicle . I've learned so much in Houston and I'm very grateful for my time in this glorious and complicated city.

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Seems like every major element of the narrative around the Uvalde massacre has turned out to be wrong, inaccurate, or incomplete. This is the weirdest, least inspiring or confidence-inducing performance by TX law enforcement I've ever witnessed.

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"The position is full-time and based in New York City. The salary is $40,000 a year, and the benefits package includes a generous health-insurance plan." ... Are you insane?

Harper's Magazine

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We’re hiring an assistant editor! The role is full-time and based in New York City. @WritersofColor @NABJ @aaja @NAHJ @nlgja @DisabledWriters @najournalists @sajahq @womenjournos @studyhallxyz

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*Taps mic* Today, we published our investigation into @HoustonPolice 's narcotics division in print. Read it here:

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Should I name him Scoop, or Pepper?

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Dean's mom, Donna Casasanta, remembers receiving letters -- but then, in October of that year, the letters abruptly stopped.

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Per a source, the power outages hit a county facility storing vaccines. Officials now attempting to distribute approx 8,000 vaccines so they don't go to waste. Notices sent to Rice University/Jail. Confirmed @HCSOTexas received about 3k vaccines, must be used today.

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The ID in this case came quickly -- @identifinders genealogist Misty Gillis and @Allison_Peacock (who now runs her own shop) -- had a tentative DNA within just weeks. The bodies had belonged to a couple from Florida: Harold Dean Clouse and Tina Gail Linn

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Mohammed Younus Yousafzoy walked off Lufthansa Flight 440, bleary-eyed and dizzy from the two-day trip from Kabul. Then the 24-year-old Afghan spotted his old boss, Mike Hudson and smiled. "I thought 'I have a family now,'" he said Thursday. "I don't have to worry."

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NEW: Houston Marine's military interpreter finally reaches new home in Texas

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Houston's Confederate statues to be removed, @SylvesterTurner announces

Houston’s Confederate statues to be removed, Turner announces

The statues — one of which is engraved with a commemoration to “all the heroes of the...

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After flying to Mexico while constituents died in a historic cold snap, Ted Cruz on Saturday -- the same day Rep. @aoc visited the Houston Food Bank after raising more than $4 million to help Texans -- posted photos of himself also engaging in relief efforts.

Senator Ted Cruz

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#TexasStrong

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Two plucky genetic genealogists reviewed some of the still-unnamed cases here in Harris County. They picked this couple, the "Romeo and Juliet Does."

After 40 years, a murdered Houston couple has finally been identified. Where is their missing baby?

If the missing Houston baby is still alive, she would be turning 42 — although she...

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The bodies belonged a man named Harold Dean Clouse and a woman named Tina Gail Linn -- a couple from Florida. But more on that in a second.

After 40 years, a murdered Houston couple has finally been identified. Where is their missing baby?

If the missing Houston baby is still alive, she would be turning 42 — although she...

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WOW. TX Ag Commish @MillerForTexas pens an op-ed calling for "compassionate use" of cannabis, states that prohibition is "anti-American," and comes from "fear, not from medical science," stemming from "a history of racism, classism, and a ... desire to control others."

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Accountability journalism for the win.

emptywheel (blue spruce)

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Peter Cvjetanovic says, "I’m not the angry racist they see in that photo"

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🤨Houston would like a word.

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"You made a fortune on the hurricane," Trump tells Texas of federal recovery money.

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Genetic genealogy has grown increasingly common -- used to find the Golden State Killer, and as I wrote in 2021, to find the killer of Beaumont schoolteacher Mary Catherine Edwards

Genealogy, DNA testing lead Beaumont police to Ohio in effort to solve woman's brutal 1995 murder

Decades later, Mary Catherine Edwards’ friends and former students still choke up...

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Casasanta wondered what happened, worry soon giving way to grief. She and her children spent years, decades, looking for "Junior" and Tina.

Family of couple from 1980s cold case travels to Houston crime scene, sparking memories along the...

It would take four decades for the bodies to be identified, aided by the detective work...

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BREAKING: Houston ISD deliberately delays and denies special ed to disabled kids, records & dozens of sources say

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8 years

On this night, w/ the alt-right trying to claim the Pats, here's some other great New England Patriots to remember:

The 54th Massachusetts Infantry - Timeline, Facts & Leader | HISTORY

The 54th Regiment Massachusetts Infantry was a volunteer Union regiment organized in the American Civil War. Its members became known for their bravery and fierce fighting against Confederate forces....

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What's his position on book-banning?

Rebekah Allen

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Don Huffines, Texas GOP candidate for governor, says he won't fire his campaign staffer with white nationalist ties bc he doesn't engage in "cancel culture." via @emilylhernandez

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Former Harris County Republican Party Chairman Jared Woodfill is president of the group; conservative Houston activist Steven Hotze is the group's CEO, according to the organization’s website. Hotze used Aguirre's allegations in a lawsuit earlier this year.

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More than a dozen DPS troopers waited in hallway during Uvalde massacre

Number of DPS troopers in hallway during Uvalde shooting revised

State Sen. Roland Gutierrez wants more answers on how Texas Department of Public Safety...

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BREAKING: Former prosecutor did not disclose exculpatory email in death row case of now-free Alfred Dewayne Brown

DA: Former prosecutor withheld key email in death row case

A former Harris County prosecutor did not disclose an exculpatory email in a high-profile...

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Investigators here had TRIED to ID the couple. They released a sketch shortly after they were found. And @LiseDigger wrote ABOUT THIS CASE back in 2011 when coroners exhumed the bodies to pull DNA.

Investigators hope DNA provides answers in 30-year-old murder

"Two people, two young kids go missing, probably just after the New Year," mused Harris...

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Having to give up your entire college savings to prevent your mom from falling into homelessness ... isn't a good news story. Its an indictment of a much bigger problem.

ABC7 News

@abc7newsbayarea

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Texas teen Alondra Carmona is giving up her entire college savings to help pay for her mom's rent and prevent her being evicted.

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NEW: LaPorsha Washington, mother of #JazmineBarnes , calls for shooter to turn himself in

LaPorsha Washington, mother of Jazmine Barnes, calls for shooter to turn himself in

The mother of 7-year-old Jazmine Barnes believes the fatal shooting of her daughter was a...

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Earlier this year, those two genealogists called. They told her the news. Through her grief, she and her relatives had a question: Where was Holly?

After 40 years, a murdered Houston couple has finally been identified. Where is their missing baby?

If the missing Houston baby is still alive, she would be turning 42 — although she...

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THE BABY HAD NEVER BEEN FOUND. Investigators reopened the case. They began searching for Holly and trying to zero in on the killer.

Family of couple from 1980s cold case travels to Houston crime scene, sparking memories along the...

It would take four decades for the bodies to be identified, aided by the detective work...

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BREAKING: Former HPD officer Gerald Goines charged with murder in botched raid at Harding Street house

Former HPD officer charged with murder in botched raid at Harding Street house

A former Houston Police Department narcotics officer has been charged with murder, nearly...

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Anyway: Dean had grown up in Florida, fallen in love with a girl named Tina Gail Linn, and gotten married. He was 21, she was 17. They soon had a daughter, Holly Marie. Sometime in 1981, they moved to TX, near Dallas.

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Some extraordinary footage of a @CityofBaytown police officer. The officer rips away this guy’s phone, throws him to the ground. Don’t see any provocation here at all from the victim. Really, really interested to know what city officials made of this encounter.

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This happened today In Baytown tx. They pulled my brother over for no reason and searched his whole car without consent and when my friends tried to defend him this happened. That is officer brown. If you’re from the area I’m sure you’ve heard of him. This needs to stop

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El Paso becomes the first city in Texas to reach herd immunity against COVID-19. (Congrats y'all!!!)

This Texas city says it's the first to reach herd immunity against COVID-19

Experts generally say at least 70 percent of the population needs to be immune for herd...

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They visited the site of the crime -- a barren patch of woods off Wallisville Road that hadn't changed much in 40 years; then Harris County's pauper cemetery. Donna, now 80, told me she was worried that she'd die before she was able to find Holly.

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The youngest victim was Karen Perez. She was 15. She'd broken up w/ her boyfriend weeks before. the oldest victim was Elizabeth Stokely, 92.

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New: Domestic violence claimed 146 lives in Texas in 2016; 28 in Harris County

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Man code also includes telling the truth and not being a sore loser.

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Tucson Police Chief on family separation:

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So a @united pilot dates a flight attendant, then posts intimate photos of her. She breaks up with him. He keeps at it, loses three lawsuits, and eventually goes to prison. United puts him on long term disability and allows him to retire with full benefits.

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A smart take from @cltomlinson about @united Airlines' defense of a pilot who victimized a flight attendant with revenge porn and other harassment for years.

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@Hollysaysrawrr @HoustonChron One of the genealogists who helped identify the couple actually posted the story and additional details earlier today!!

From the UnresolvedMysteries community on Reddit: 1981 Harris County Does Identified: Family now...

Explore this post and more from the UnresolvedMysteries community

www.reddit.com

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Abbott is saying Texans need to put aside their personal agendas and think of people who have been hurt

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Donna and her clan arrived in Houston in March to visit the burial sites of Dean and Tina. It was a hard day.

Family of couple from 1980s cold case travels to Houston crime scene, sparking memories along the...

It would take four decades for the bodies to be identified, aided by the detective work...

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Harris County Judgr Lina Hidalgo accuses Gov. Abbott of lifting mask mandate and biz restrictions to distract from TX’s recent power outage fiasco

Hidalgo, Turner slam Abbott’s decision to lift mask mandate, business restrictions

Gov. Greg Abbott announced Tuesday he is not only scrapping his statewide mask order, but...

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Really happy to share this bit of good news -- John Barnes, the officer injured in Santa Fe school shooting, is still in the ICU but his condition has been upgraded from "critical" to "serious," and he is talking with family and friends.

Officer injured in Santa Fe school shooting improving

The police officer who was almost killed confronting a school shooter in Santa Fe on May...

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Harris County slammed with 200+ carbon monoxide cases - and many are kids

Harris County slammed with 300+ carbon monoxide cases — and many are kids

Many of the cases stem from people using BBQ pits and generators indoors to stay warm,...

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Many people familiar with the story surmised that Holly had died with her parents, her body carried off by predators. Or they assumed the murderer kidnapped the child.

Family of couple from 1980s cold case travels to Houston crime scene, sparking memories along the...

It would take four decades for the bodies to be identified, aided by the detective work...

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With all the immigration news of the past few days, here’s a must-read thread from @lomikriel , one of the very best immigration reporters in the biz:

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This is Briana. @CBP took her from her dad at the border in March. US attorneys accused him, w/o presenting evidence, of being MS-13. He had been deported from the US at 18. A year after Trump 'ended' his separation policy, +700 kids have been separated.

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BREAKING: Judge orders Harris County to keep nine polling sites open until 8 p.m.

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My Twitter feed is full of Texans who are scared, traumatized or worried by the possibility of another grid failure, about not having water, electricity or the ability to stay warm. That's an absolute policy and practice failure.

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Excuse me

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Also noted in this story: while in Houston, Floyd was arrested by disgraced former drug cop Gerald Goines. After a 2019 drug raid that left two dead -- and which prosecutors now say was based on a lie, they sent a letter to Floyd noting Goines was under investigation.

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George Floyd died of asphyxia due to neck, back compression, new autopsy finds

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An absolutely incredible #harvey essay: I downloaded an app. Suddenly, I was a rescue dispatcher.

I downloaded an app. And suddenly, was part of the Cajun Navy.

I read an article about the Cajun Navy, and on a whim, downloaded Zello, the...

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BREAKING: Harris County prosecutors will recommend a judge grant bail for Lydell Grant, sentenced to life in prison for 2010 Montrose murder. The move comes after DNA testing defense lawyers say ruled him out as a suspect & IDs the real culprit:

Man convicted in 2010 Montrose murder hopes to leave custody while Innocence Project of Texas...

After seven years behind bars, Lydell Grant appears likely to leave prison this week,...

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How police described one cop losing evidence:

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A bomb cyclone is headed towards San Francisco. City officials are urging residence to stay inside and avoid needless risks. Parking enforcement? That’s still happening. @SFMTA_Muni @LondonBreed

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BREAKING: Attorneys for Waller County are seeking a gag order in the #sandrabland lawsuit after our recent stories

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BREAKING: Disability advocates threaten to sue Texas over special education cap

Disability advocates threaten to sue Texas over special education cap

A coalition of advocacy groups threatened Monday to sue the Texas Education Agency unless...

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This, by far, is the most enjoyable thing that's ever come out of my use of Twitter.

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This morning, the Chronicle launches the first installment of Out of Control, a months long project by @DugBegley , @godovasquez and myself into why Houston's roads are so deadly. HERE IT IS:

Out of Control: Houston’s roads, drivers are nation's most deadly

Six hundred-forty people a year die on Houston-area roads, and 2,850 more are injured...

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"Our job is to ensure community is not ripped apart." He provides more details about what happened, says incident began when the gunman shot his grandmother in the face -- she called 911.

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BREAKING: My parents have released a name. Meet Nabuco. And in a move that is both hysterical and endearing, they have issued a press release because they know y'all have been waiting with baited breath.

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Tweeps, my folks adopted a cat yesterday and he needs a name, so please do your thing

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BREAKING: DPS upholds firing of Trooper who arrested #sandrabland .

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It's been seven weeks since Uvalde, a disaster authorities have bungled from the moment the shooter showed up at Robb Elementary. And you're blaming reporters for doing their jobs?

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Texas prosecutor drops charges after migrants claim they were set up in trespassing arrests

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My dad retired last year and is now painting up a storm, and I think it’s just great:

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Secret Service agents expressed their anger and frustration to colleagues and friends Friday, saying that the president’s actions have repeatedly put them at risk. “He’s never cared about us,” one agent told a confidant.

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A Texas prison sergeant found not guilty after video showed him slamming an inmate into concrete so hard he died

Texas prison sergeant found not guilty after video showed him slamming inmate into concrete

A Texas prison sergeant who slammed a handcuffed prisoner to the ground so hard he died...

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We’ve been trying to get clarity on this all day… sin éxito

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The Texas officials have glossed over this, but by their account, the gunman was first spotted outside the school by an armed school resource officer who did not fire at him, but instead confronted him and “followed him in” to the school. That needs to be explained.

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