A year after Rana Nofal Soluri, a 47-year-old Envoy Air flight attendant, went missing, her body was found by a fisherman in Brushy Creek near Fort Worth, Texas. Dennis William Day, 67, who had been living with Soluri for about a year, is accused of strangling her to death and has admitted to the crime. Police discovered surveillance footage showing Day dragging what appeared to be a lifeless body from his home into the backyard on March 21, 2025.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-04,
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Story summary
In June 2025, Rana Nofal Soluri, a 47-year-old flight attendant for Envoy Air (a regional carrier under American Airlines), was reported missing. She had been on leave after minor surgery and did not return to work as expected. Concerned colleagues alerted the authorities when she went uncharacteristically silent.
In March 2025, Dennis William Day, her roommate and friend, allegedly confessed to strangling Soluri in their Fort Worth home. He was subsequently charged with murder but no remains were initially found due to heavy rain and flooding that might have moved them downstream.
A year later, in June 2026, a fisherman discovered a woman's body near Bowie on the banks of Brushy Creek. DNA testing confirmed it belonged to Soluri. The body had likely been covered in mud during earlier searches by police.
The discovery is significant as it provides closure for her family and colleagues who launched a GoFundMe campaign to cover burial expenses. American Airlines has also assisted with flying Soluri’s remains to Seattle, where her daughter plans to complete the funeral arrangements.
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The body of a flight attendant was discovered by a fisherman in a Texas creek more than a year after she was allegedly strangled by her roommate.
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she → discover → roommate
Dennis William Day, 67, allegedly admitted to choking Rana Nofal Soluri, 47, an Envoy Air flight attendant, to death.
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Day → admit → death
She was last seen alive in March 2025.
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She → see → March
An unidentified fisherman stumbled on Soluri’s body on the bank of Brushy Creek under a bridge in June — roughly a year after she was reported missing, Fort Worth Police Department Homicide Unit Detective Tom O’Brien told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
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O’Brien → stumble → Telegram
After the morbid discovery, the body was taken to the University of North Texas Center for Human Identification and confirmed to belong to Soluri two weeks ago, O’Brien said on Friday.
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O’Brien → take → Friday
Her body may have been covered in mud when cops began desperately searching for her remains at the creek a year before the fisherman’s discovery, the outlet reported.
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outlet → cover → discovery
A GoFundMe for Soluri’s burial expenses said in an update last week that American Airlines, which owns the regional carrier where the mom was employed, was helping to fly her remains to Seattle, where her daughter, Lulu, will “finish laying her mother to rest.”
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daughter → say → rest
The heartbroken daughter is also using the fundraiser funds to contribute to a trip to Texas for an October court date — where she will release a statement.
“If you are unable to give, please send your strength and encouragement for her tremendous bravery and resilience during the court appearance.
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you → use → appearance
Again, Lulu is a very private person, so this is a huge feat for her to face the person accused of killing her mother,” the GoFundMe statement said.
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statement → face → mother
“Lulu thanks everyone for their support.
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Lulu → thank → support
She is always overwhelmed knowing how many people have helped her during this process.”
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people → know → process
Around the time she is believed to have been killed, Soluri was recovering from minor surgery and had been out of work since late March, according to an arrest warrant affidavit.
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Soluri → believe → affidavit
However, in June, her Envoy Air co-workers reported her missing after she failed to show up for work as scheduled and they couldn’t reach her.
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they → report → her
Police quickly zeroed in on Day — Soluri’s longtime friend — as a suspect after her co-worker told investigators they had been roommates for about a year.
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Day told cops that he had not seen her for three months during a welfare check on June 10.
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he → tell → June
Later that month, he once again denied any involvement in her disappearance and consented to a search of his property.
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he → deny → property
During the search, investigators obtained video surveillance footage from the night of March 21 showing Day dragging “what appears to be a lifeless body from the home into the backyard.”
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what → obtain → backyard
Day then allegedly admitted that he and Soluri had fought after she had filmed him acting irate, and when she threatened to call 911, he panicked and strangled her with his bare hands on the kitchen floor.
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he → admit → floor
Cops said he confessed to stuffing her body into a black trash bin and dumping it off a bridge in Bowie.
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he → say → Bowie
He also allegedly ditched her cellphone in a nearby river.
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Day was indicted on a murder charge and allegedly bragged to people in jail that he could not be convicted if no one ever found Soluri’s remains, according to a notice filed by the Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney’s Office before the positive DNA verification.
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