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Butt-Dial Voicemail Leads to Arrest of Joni Thomas in Texas Flight Attendant Case

Court records say the accidental recording captured voices during what investigators describe as the disposal of Rana Nofal Soluri’s body.

Overview

  • Joni Thomas, 62, was arrested on Aug. 26 on a tampering-with-evidence charge and has been released on bond, according to jail records.
  • Dennis William Day, 66, Soluri’s roommate, was arrested in June and charged with murder after allegedly confessing to strangling her and dumping her body off a bridge in Bowie.
  • Investigators say a voicemail unintentionally recorded on Thomas’s phone captured a male and female struggling with something heavy, including phrases like “Make sure the lid’s on.”
  • Search warrant materials cite March 21 home surveillance showing Day dragging what appears to be a lifeless body into the backyard and allege both suspects left their phones behind to create a false alibi.
  • Soluri’s body has not been found despite searches near Bowie; investigators say Day led them to her handgun recovered from a storm drain, and her cellphone was found in a river, while Day remains held on a $200,000 bond.