Fort Worth woman's remains found 17 years after she went missing
FORT WORTH (CBSNewsTexas.com) — DNA testing has confirmed that human remains found in Fort Worth this past March belong to Taalibah Islam, police announced Thursday.
Her remains were found March 2, near the 900 block of S. Hughes Avenue in Fort Worth, and were collected by the Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Office.
The Fort Worth Police Department was notified almost four months later, on June 28, that the DNA was a match for Islam. She went missing 17 years ago in January 2006.
At the time of her disappearance, Islam's family said she was dating Christopher Revill—who was found guilty in the aggravated kidnapping of Typhenie Johnson, who he dated a decade later.
Revill was the last person seen talking to Johnson, outside her apartment in October 2016. His car was parked alongside the building, where her brother said he found her phone and a sock.
To this day, Johnson has not been found.
Fort Worth police said this is an ongoing investigation, and that no further information is available at this time.