


Dean’s sister was already dating Tina’s brother, who also later married. Tina Linn was 15 years old and Dean Clouse Jr. and Tina Gail Linn were both living with their families in New Smyrna Beach, Florida, when they met in 1978. Sherry Linn Green (sister), Les Linn (brother) In 2022, Holly Marie was located alive in Oklahoma, with no memory of the traumatic events of her infancy. In 2021, forensic genealogists positively identified the Harris County Does as Dean and Tina Clouse, however, Holly Marie’s whereabouts remained unaccounted for. In 2011, the Clouses’ bodies were exhumed for genetic testing.

After the two bodies were not identified and the case grew cold, they were buried in anonymous graves, where they remained unidentified for 41 years. Holly Marie’s remains were not found with or near her parents' remains. Dean Clouse had been bound and beaten to death, and Tina Clouse was strangled. The bodies were found within feet of each other, both significantly decomposed, with a post-mortem interval of approximately two months. Their remains were found in a wooded area north of Houston on January 12, 1981. After moving in the summer of 1980 with their infant daughter, Holly Marie, from Volusia County, Florida to Lewisville, Texas, the Clouses stopped contacting their families in October, 1980. and Tina Linn Clouse, formerly known as the Harris County Does, were a pair of formerly unidentified murder victims found outside of Houston, Texas in January, 1981. Donna Casasanta (mother), Chris Casasanta (brother), Debbie Brooks (sister), Cheryl Clouse (sister), Tess Welch (sister)
