Dean and Tina Clouse

Dean and Tina Clouse is documented in the ColdCaseIndex database as a multiple-homicide case in Houston, Texas. The events are dated to March 1981. The case involves more than one victim. The last known information on record places the case at March 1981, Houston, TX.

Within the ColdCaseIndex taxonomy, Dean and Tina Clouse is filed under Multiple Homicide with a status of Unsolved. A multiple-homicide entry documents an incident involving more than one victim. The record is cross-referenced under the themes homicide, cult, Texas, Houston, unsolved, which connect it to related cases across the database.

As of the most recent information compiled here, no arrest has been publicly recorded in the Dean and Tina Clouse case, and it remains open and unsolved. Cases like this can be reactivated at any time — advances in DNA analysis, forensic genetic genealogy, and renewed public attention have resolved cases that lay dormant for decades.

Primary jurisdiction for the Dean and Tina Clouse case rests with local law enforcement in Houston, supported by Texas state investigative authorities. The case sits within a wider national picture: the U.S. homicide clearance rate has fallen from roughly 90% in the 1960s to about 54% today, and more than 346,000 homicides recorded since 1965 remain unsolved. ColdCaseIndex documents individual cases like this one to keep them publicly visible and searchable.