BUT baby who been missing since she parents we found killed in wooded area in Houston in 1981 was found by Texas authorities announced. Holly Klaus, now 42, is alive and well, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said. office said in announcement on Wednesday.
Klaus was around year old when she parents bodies were found in January 1981, according to the National Center. for Missing and exploited children. They were not identified until 2021, when a forensic genetic genealogy firm claimed they were Harold Dean Klaus Jr. and Tina Gale Lynn Klaus, originally of Florida, according to Paxton office.
Their deaths are still under investigation, Paxton. office said. Their families had last heard from a couple in October 1980, First Assistant Attorney General of Texas Brent Webster said during a press conference on Thursday.
Webster said that family who raised Klaus is not considered a suspect in in killing of her biological parents. He asked public contact investigators with Any information about the killings, which he said took place between December 1980 and early January 1981.
“Although today we rejoice that Holly found and families who were looking for for her for rejoice decades, we are still looking for for suspects in this case,” Webster said.
How babyclaus was left at an Arizona church, Webster said. He did not provide details about who found her, and did not say when she was found in the church.
Webster said two women brought Klaus to church. women, who identified themselves as members of the nomadic religious group were white-robed and barefoot, Webster said.
“They pointed to the beliefs of their religion included separation of male and female members who adhere to vegetarian habits and do not using or wearing leather goods,” he said.
Webster said that women indicated that they previously gave up a baby in the laundry room.
Members of in group believed to have traveled in According to Webster, Arizona, California, and possibly Texas. In the early 1980s, members of in group have been seen in Yuma, Arizona, area, with female members ask for food, he said.
In late December 1980 or early January 1981, families of Claus parents received call from a person who introduced herself as “Sister Susan,” Webster said. The caller said she in Los Angeles and wanted return parents’ car to family.
“She further stated that Tina and Dean joined their religious group and no more wanted have contact with their families; they were also give up all of their property,” Webster said.
family and caller set up meeting at the hippodrome in Daytona, Florida, Webster said. BUT group of either two or three women all wearing robes and possibly a man met in family, who contacted the authorities.
Webster said that women were reportedly taken into custody, but investigators did not found police report on the incident, which Webster said was not unusual given how it happened a long time ago.
Klaus was told of her biological parents identity and was in contact with her newfound relatives, Paxton office said.
“What baby was her life,” said Tina Klaus’ sister, Sherry Lynn Green. of Holly Claus in statement.
CBS affiliate KHOU-TV reports that Holly Klaus is now alive in Oklahoma and has five children of her own.
“Highly first thing that went through my head when we heard that Holly was found was call which I received eight months ago… about my sister death”Tina Claus brother Les Lynn, said in statement. “Mapping of what call with The sudden opening of Holly just jumped into my head. Go from hoping to find her to suddenly meeting her in less than 8 months—- how is it wonderful?”
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