Rana Nofal Soluri was reported missing on June 11, 2025 and her body was found on June 13, 2026

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The lifeless body of a flight attendant was found by a fisherman in Texas more than a year after she was allegedly strangled by her roommate, who is now facing a murder charge.

Rana Nofal Soluri, 47, was reported missing on June 11, 2025, after a colleague said she had not heard from her since March 19, according to a previous report by PEOPLE.

Dennis William Day, described as her roommate and longtime friend, allegedly admitted to choking Soluri to death last June, according to an arrest warrant affidavit obtained by PEOPLE.

A fisherman found Soluri’s remains on the bank of Brushy Creek at FM 1749 in Montague County on June 13, 2026, Fort Worth Police Department Homicide Unit Detective Tom O’Brien told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. 

Her body was then transported to the North Texas Center for Human Identification for analysis. The report, which was issued two weeks ago, confirmed that the remains were Soluri’s.

Detectives searched the area a year ago but told the outlet that Soluri’s body may have been covered in mud and therefore wasn’t found.

The affidavit alleged that Day directed detectives to bridges in the area but her body was not found. The document added that they met with local law enforcement who said the creeks in the area had been flooded numerous times since March 2025 and that her remains “may have been washed downstream.”

Soluri’s remains were officially identified on Sept. 15, according to a GoFundMe page set up to support her daughter, Lulu.

The flight attendant’s body was released to her daughter after detectives “completed their investigation with the remains,” according to an updated statement posted on Sept. 29.

A janazah for Soluri, who worked for American Airlines subsidiary Envoy Air, was held in Richardson.

“American Airlines will be helping with flying Rana’s remains to Seattle where Lulu will finish laying her mother to rest,” the organizer wrote.

The fundraiser has been set up to help Lulu pay for the cost of her mother’s burial, along with travel costs to Texas.

“Because Rana’s remains were properly identified, the court date in October has been moved to a new date. Lulu will be flying down for that time to release her survivor’s statement,” the organizer wrote.

“If you are unable to give, please send your strength and encouragement for her tremendous bravery and resilience during the court 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 organizer added.

Day was booked into Tarrant County Jail on June 26, 2025, and is under indictment on a murder charge. He is being held on a $200,000 bond.

He allegedly said that he “snapped” and strangled Soluri on the kitchen floor, according to the arrest warrant. 

On June 23, 2025, detectives returned to Day’s home, where they obtained his consent to search the residence, according to the warrant.

Officials found a video from March 21, 2025, showing Day dragging “what appears to be a lifeless body from the home into the backyard” at 10:11 p.m., according to the warrant. The surveillance video then stops recording for “many days” after capturing that footage, the document added.

Day then told police he placed Soluri’s body, head first, into a black trash bin and drove 65 miles away to Bowie, where he “dumped her over a bridge,” the warrant alleged.

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Joanne Walters, also known as Joni Thomas, allegedly helped him dump Soluri’s body, per the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. She was indicted on tampering with evidence with intent to impair a human corpse, and her case is pending.

Fort Worth Police Department and the Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney’s Office did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for further information.