MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Texas — Authorities have arrested a suspect in the 1986 killing of 16-year-old Deanna Ogg after new DNA evidence linked him to the case, the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office announced Wednesday.
Investigators charged Bobby Charles Taylor Sr. with capital murder following forensic genetic genealogy testing conducted through the Texas Department of Public Safety’s Sexual Assault Kit Initiative, according to the sheriff’s office.
Montgomery County Sheriff Wesley Doolittle said the DNA evidence strongly identified Taylor as the suspect.
Ogg disappeared on Sept. 27, 1986, after walking from her home in Porter to a nearby convenience store. Authorities found her body later that evening in a wooded area along Old Houston Road, about seven miles from where she was last seen.
Investigators said Ogg had been sexually assaulted and stabbed to death.
Authorities previously arrested another suspect in the case, but later cleared that individual through DNA testing, Doolittle said.
The sheriff’s office said investigators preserved DNA evidence from the crime scene for nearly four decades. In 2021, the case qualified for additional forensic testing through the state initiative, which supports investigations into unsolved sexual assault and homicide cases.
According to investigators, authorities located Taylor in Mexico, where he was allegedly avoiding prosecution in a separate felony case. Officials said he surrendered to the FBI in April 2026 and was extradited to Montgomery County earlier this week.
The Texas Rangers, the FBI, and the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office assisted in the investigation.
Court records did not show an attorney representing Taylor as of Wednesday afternoon.
If convicted of capital murder, Taylor could face either the death penalty or life imprisonment.