Houston - The body of 22-year-old Deundrea Ford has been found. The Dallas County Medical Examiner records confirm her remains were discovered in a culvert on Luna Road in Dallas on March 15 around 12 p.m.
In connection with Ford's death, Yoland J. Washington, 51, has been charged with murder. He is currently in custody at the Dallas County Jail and will be extradited to Harris County. Washington was initially arrested on unrelated charges before evidence linked him to Ford’s disappearance.
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Young Houston woman missing for over a week
Houston woman's family is in distress as the 21-year-old dancer disappeared after her last seen at Diva's Bikini Sports Bar, and they're frantically trying to contact her.
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Ford was last seen on September 21, 2023, getting into a white Ford Transit van outside Diva's Bikini Sports Bar around 1 a.m. Surveillance footage shows her and the unidentified man sitting in the van for over an hour before driving away in a direction not covered by the club’s cameras.
Friends and family reported losing contact with Ford shortly after she got into the van, leading them to file a missing person report the same day.