Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office
A photo of 16-year-old Deanna Ogg, who was murdered on Sept. 27, 1986, in Porter, Texas.
A suspect has been arrested in a nearly 40-year-old cold case murder in Montgomery County following new DNA evidence, according to the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office.
On Wednesday, the sheriff’s office announced Bobby Charles Taylor Sr. had been charged with capital murder in the death of 16-year-old Deanna Ogg. According to the sheriff’s office, new forensic genetic genealogy testing allegedly ties Taylor to the crime.
Speaking at a press conference on Wednesday, Montgomery County Sheriff Wesley Doolittle said the DNA evidence was very conclusive.
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“I’m told that the level of confidence is one in octillion,” he said. “That’s an insane number … so it’d be unreasonable to think that it’s not him. We truly believe it is.”
On Sept. 27, 1986, Ogg disappeared in Porter — located north of Houston — after walking from her home to a nearby convenience store. Her body was discovered later that same evening in what police described as a “heavily wooded area” in the 17000 block of Old Houston Road, approximately seven miles from where she was last sighted.
According to investigators, Ogg had been sexually assaulted before being stabbed to death.
While authorities had made a previous arrest in the case, Doolittle said that suspect was exonerated by DNA evidence.
The new DNA evidence breakthrough was made possible when, in 2021, the case became eligible for the Texas Department of Public Safety’s Sexual Assault Kit Initiative. According to the sheriff’s office, the initiative “provides vital investigative funding to help agencies resolve unsolved sexual assaults and sexual-related homicides.” This included advanced forensic work, which allegedly ties Taylor to the crime.
The sheriff’s office had maintained DNA samples from the crime for nearly 40 years.
The sheriff’s office said Taylor was located in Mexico, where he was allegedly fleeing from an unrelated felony. He turned himself in to the FBI in April 2026 and was extradited to Montgomery County earlier this week.
The Texas Rangers, Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office and the FBI assisted in the investigation.
Taylor had not yet been appointed a defense attorney as of Wednesday afternoon.
If convicted of capital murder, Taylor could face the death penalty or life in prison.