Texas man allegedly told inmates he couldn’t be convicted if his roommate’s body was never found, then a fisherman spotted her remains in a creek

The remains of Rana Nofal Soluri were discovered on the bank of Brushy Creek in Montague County in June, more than a year after the flight attendant was reported missing. A fisherman located the body at FM 1749, and it was subsequently taken to the North Texas Center for Human Identification for forensic analysis. That analysis confirmed the remains belonged to Soluri, according to People.

Fort Worth Police Department Homicide Unit Detective Tom O’Brien described the fisherman’s discovery, and a fundraising page set up for her daughter said the identification became official on September 15. The 47-year-old flight attendant was reported missing on June 11, 2025, after a colleague had not heard from her since March.

Dennis William Day, Soluri’s roommate and apparent longtime friend, is under indictment on a murder charge for her death. He has been held in the Tarrant County Jail on a $200,000 bond since his booking later that month. According to an arrest warrant affidavit, Day allegedly admitted to investigators that he choked Soluri to death on the kitchen floor after he “snapped.”

Day allegedly told police he drove her body 65 miles away

He told police that he placed her body into a black trash bin and drove 65 miles to Bowie to dump her over a bridge, the affidavit alleged. Detectives searched the area a year earlier, as Day directed them to bridges near Bowie. However, they could not locate her. Local law enforcement told detectives that the creeks had flooded numerous times since March 2025, and Soluri’s remains may have been washed downstream or covered in mud.

Detectives obtained consent to search the residence in June 2025 and discovered surveillance footage from March 21, 2025. The video, captured at 10:11 PM, allegedly shows Day dragging what appears to be a lifeless body from the home into the backyard. According to the warrant, the camera then stopped recording for many days. A second person, Joanne Walters, also known as Joni Thomas, allegedly helped Day dump the body.

She was indicted on a charge of tampering with evidence with intent to impair a human corpse, and her case remains pending. Soluri, who worked for the American Airlines subsidiary Envoy Air, was honored at a janazah held in Richardson. The flight attendant’s body was released to her daughter, Lulu, as investigators had finished their work with the remains. American Airlines is helping transport her remains to Seattle for final arrangements.

The fundraising page was set up to help Lulu cover burial and travel costs to Texas. However, the organizer asked those unable to give to “send your strength and encouragement for her tremendous bravery and resilience during the court appearance.” The organizer described Lulu as very private. The court schedule has changed as the remains were identified.

“Because Rana’s remains were properly identified, the court date in October has been moved to a new date,” the organizer wrote. The outlet’s update did not include the new date. Lulu is expected to fly to Texas for the rescheduled court date, where she plans to release her survivor’s statement and face the man accused of killing her mother.