Flight Attendant’s Remains Found in Texas Creek More Than a Year After She Disappeared

The remains of Rana Nofal Soluri, 47, were positively identified last month, over a year after she was last seen alive in March 2025.Family handout

More than a year after flight attendant Rana Nofal Soluri vanished, her remains have been identified following a fisherman’s discovery along a Texas creek — bringing a major development in a murder case against her former roommate.

Soluri, 47, an Envoy Air flight attendant and mother, was last seen alive in March 2025. Her longtime friend and roommate, Dennis William Day, 67, has since been indicted on a murder charge and allegedly admitted to investigators that he killed her following an argument.

His case remains pending.

Fisherman Made the Discovery Months After Police Search

Dennis William Day, 67, has allegedly admitted to squeezing Soluri’s throat until she died in his Fort Worth home.Tarrant County Jail

An unidentified fisherman discovered human remains along the bank of Brushy Creek beneath a bridge in June 2026.

The remains were sent to the University of North Texas Center for Human Identification and were positively identified as Soluri’s in September, according to Fort Worth Police homicide detective Tom O’Brien.

Investigators had searched the same general area approximately a year earlier but failed to locate her. Authorities reportedly believe the remains may have been obscured by mud at the time.

Soluri’s daughter, Lulu, is now preparing to finally lay her mother to rest in Seattle. According to an update on a fundraiser established for burial expenses, American Airlines — which owns Envoy Air — was helping transport Soluri’s remains.

Lulu is also expected to travel to Texas for an October court appearance, where she plans to give a statement.

Co-Workers Raised the Alarm

Around the time investigators believe Soluri died, she had been away from work while recovering from minor surgery.

When she failed to return as expected in June 2025 and colleagues could not contact her, her Envoy Air co-workers reported her missing.

Investigators soon focused on Day after learning that he and Soluri had been roommates for approximately a year.

During a June 10 welfare check, Day allegedly told officers he had not seen Soluri for three months. Later that month, he again denied involvement in her disappearance and allowed investigators to search the property.

That search produced a crucial piece of evidence.

Surveillance Footage Changed the Investigation

Joni Thomas, 63, has also been charged with tampering with evidence and helping Day dispose of Soluri’s body.Tarrant County Jail

Investigators obtained surveillance footage from the night of March 21 that allegedly showed Day moving what appeared to be an unresponsive body from the house into the backyard.

According to an arrest warrant affidavit, Day subsequently told investigators that he and Soluri had argued after she recorded him while he was angry.

Authorities allege that when Soluri threatened to call 911, Day panicked and killed her.

Police say Day then admitted placing her body inside a trash container and disposing of it from a bridge. He allegedly discarded her cellphone separately.

Joni Thomas, 63, has also been charged with tampering with evidence and is accused of helping Day dispose of Soluri’s remains.

Prosecutors Say Day Made a Remark While in Jail

Before Soluri’s remains were positively identified through DNA testing, prosecutors alleged that Day made a particularly significant remark to other people while incarcerated.

According to a notice filed by the Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney’s Office, Day allegedly boasted that he could not be convicted if authorities never found Soluri’s body.

That situation has now dramatically changed.

After more than a year of uncertainty, Soluri’s remains have been recovered and identified, while her daughter prepares to face the man accused of killing her in court.

Both Day’s murder case and Thomas’s evidence-tampering case remain pending.