Posted on 05/08/2026 6:50:53 PM PDT by Red Badger
A DECADES old cold case involving a teen girl who was found beaten and stabbed to death has come to an end thanks to a DNA link.
Bobby Charles Taylor Sr., 60, was arrested in connection to the brutal rape and murder of Deanna Ogg who died in 1986 at the age of 16.
Deanna Ogg was found dead in 1986, and now 40 years later authorities have arrested a man in connection with her murderCredit: Handout
Mugshot of Bobby Charles Taylor Sr., who was arrested for the 1986 murder of Deanna Ogg.
Bobby Charles Taylor Sr. was arrested and charged with capital murder where he could be subject to the death penaltyCredit: Montgomery County Sheriff's Office
Law enforcement officials were able to utilize modern forensic testing to identify the man who they believe is responsible for killing Ogg, who was last seen alive on September 27, 1986, in Montgomery County, Texas.
Ogg walked from her home to a convenience store and tried to catch a ride to a family gathering, but hours later her body was found in a heavily wooded area roughly seven miles from her last known location.
“She had been sexually assaulted, beaten and stabbed,” the Texas Department of Public Safety said.
A man was convicted in the case but later exonerated after DNA testing proved his innocence.
Evidence from Ogg’s case was kept in the FBI‘s DNA database for years before a match came through.
Officials were able to create a DNA profile of the suspect and later found a closely related family member which helped them learn his identity, Montgomery County Sheriff Wesley Doolittle said.
In 2024, DNA testing and genealogy research led investigators to Taylor, who officials learned was hiding in Mexico on an unrelated felony charge.
Several law enforcement agencies, including the FBI, began coordinating to apprehend Taylor who later turned himself in to federal special agents in Mexico City, Mexico, on April 24. He was extradited to Texas the next day.
Authorities learned that Taylor was a fugitive who was allegedly hiding in Mexico on an unrelated felony chargeCredit: Montgomery County Sheriff's Office
Ogg was last seen alive trying to catch a ride to a family gathering after going to a convenience storeCredit: Montgomery County Sheriff's Office Once Taylor was taken into custody, officials got a DNA sample from him that matched the one they had in the case, Doolittle said.
The sheriff said the level of confidence in the DNA was described as a “one in an octillion.”
“That is an insane number, three-times the amount of people there are in this world,” he said.
“So, it’d be unreasonable to think that it’s not him. We truly believe it is.”
The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office said Taylor was “officially charged with the murder of Deanna Ogg, finally bringing a sense of justice to a case that has haunted the Porter community for nearly 40 years.”
Taylor was charged with capital murder and could be subject to the death penalty.
“This case has seen many chapters,” Doolittle said.
“But through persistence, through working together, we have identified the person responsible for her death.”
Montgomery County District Attorney Michael Holley said there is still a lot of work to be done, and stressed that Taylor is innocent until proven guilty.
“There’s a reason that there is no statute of limitations for murder. It doesn’t matter how many pages of the calendar have turned and we are trying to find accountability here,” Holley said.
“We have alleged that this man, Mr. Taylor, has killed Deanna and when he did, he took away everything she had and everything she would ever have.
“And he took away the experiences that you, the family, would have had with her: her graduation, her wedding, every holiday and every birthday.”
Doolittle read a statement on behalf of Ogg’s mother Patricia during a press conference, which remembered how the teen loved makeup and wearing her mother’s dresses and brother’s concert t-shirts before her life was cut short.
“Deanna wasn’t on this earth for a long time, she was here for a good time,” the statement read.
“As a family, we would like to extend our empathy and compassion to the family of Bobby Taylor, as we have had 40 years to grieve, and accept the Taylor family’s journey has just begun.”
I didn’t say he was not guilty, or that I would not vote that way
Just that I would approach it with a some extra reasonable doubt because I don’t trust the sheriff, or anyone who has already lied in this case.
The sheriff has made a bunch of extraordinary claims, I would want to see extraordinary evidence
Sheriff stole the line from William Muny,
Took everything she had and everything she was ever going to have.
I would like to see the other evidence. Where was he on the day of the disappearance? What was his connection, if any, to the victim? Does he have an alibi and can others back it up?
I'm less concerned about them finally 'finding' the actual perp than how an innocent man was convicted.
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