Cold Cases in Houston, Texas
ColdCaseIndex documents 5 cases in Houston, Texas, dated 1970 to 2019. 1 is recorded as unsolved. The earliest is Dean Corll Victims (1970) and the most recent is Maleah Davis (2019).
- Unsolved 1 (20%)
- Charges or trial pending 1 (20%)
- Solved or convicted 2 (40%)
- Closed without conviction 1 (20%)
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Maleah Davis
Four-year-old Maleah Davis was reported missing in Houston on May 4, 2019, by her mother's former fiance, Derion Vence, who said she was taken by men who attacked him on a roadside.
Yoshea Jarmon
Yoshea Jarmon, a 29-year-old mother, was found strangled in her apartment at 9555 Crofton Street in Houston on September 15, 2007.
Yates Children
Five children of the Yates family, aged six months to seven years, were drowned by their mother, Andrea Yates, at their home in the Clear Lake area of Houston on June 20, 2001.
Dean and Tina Clouse
The remains of Harold Dean Clouse Jr. and his wife, Tina Linn Clouse, were found in woods in the Houston area on January 12, 1981, and were not identified until 2021 through genetic genealogy.
Dean Corll Victims
Dean Corll, with accomplices David Brooks and Elmer Wayne Henley, tortured and murdered at least 28 young men and boys in Houston. Corll was shot and killed by Henley in 1973, who then led police to multiple burial sites.