Texas man confesses to ‘snapping' and strangling his missing flight attendant roommate: cops

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A grizzled Texas man confessed to strangling his flight attendant roommate during an argument — then tossing her remains from a bridge, according to reports.
Dennis William Day, of Fort Worth, was arrested and charged Thursday with the murder of 47-year-old Rana Nofal Soluri, a flight attendant for Envoy Air who was missing for months, CBS News reported.
3 Dennis William Day, of Fort Worth, was arrested and charged with the murder of 47-year-old Rana Nofal Soluri, a flight attendant for Envoy Air who vanished in March.
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Soluri was reported missing on June 11 by a coworker at the American Airlines regional carrier, who had not spoken to her since March 19 when a text conversation was suddenly cut off, according to an arrest warrant obtained by the outlet.
The flight attendant had been living with Day for about a year and had recently taken a leave of absence for a minor surgery. She was expected to return to work on March 31 but never returned, authorities detailed.
After a series of visits to Day and Soluri's home, detectives began to piece together a disturbing timeline.
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On May 8, officers went to the residence to tow Soluri's car, a 2023 Mazda she had purchased just a week before going missing.
Day reportedly told them the vehicle had been sitting out front for nearly two months, and he hadn't seen Soluri in that time, the arrest warrant said.
3 Day allegedly confessed to strangling Soluri on the kitchen floor after 'snapping' when she threatened to call the police.
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During another welfare check a month later, he told detectives that he hadn't seen Soluri in months and showed little concern, according to the document.
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On June 23, detectives searched Day's home and found surveillance footage of him dragging what appeared to be a lifeless body into his backyard, the arrest warrant stated.
In a follow-up interview, Day allegedly confessed to 'snapping' and strangling Soluri on the kitchen floor because she threatened to call the police, the document detailed.
It is not immediately clear why Soluri had threatened to call the police.
He then allegedly moved her body outside and disconnected the surveillance system after realizing the sick act was caught on camera.
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3 Footage captured Day dragging a lifeless body into his backyard.
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Day allegedly told detectives he put Soluri's body in a black trash bin, drove it to an area near Bowie, Texas, and dumped it off a bridge.
On the way, he allegedly tossed her phone into a river near Interstate 35 and later got rid of many of her belongings and tossed a revolver down a storm drain, the warrant said.
Cell phone data showed Soluri's last outgoing call happened on March 21 and had pinged just before midnight near Scott Avenue, which matched where Day claimed to have dumped it, the outlet reported.
A revolver matching one owned by Soluri was also recovered by police.
Despite Day directing officers to multiple locations, Soluri's remains have not been recovered. Flooding in the area may have swept her body away, the outlet said.
Day was booked into Tarrant County Jail and has been held on $200,000 bond.