Texas investigators made a significant breakthrough this week in a cold case that has remained unsolved for nearly forty years, culminating in the arrest of Bobby Charles Taylor Sr. on charges of capital murder.
The 60-year-old Taylor was apprehended in Mexico after advancements in DNA technology enabled Montgomery County deputies to make this crucial connection.
Taylor stands accused of the murder of 16-year-old Deanna Ogg from Porter, Texas. Her lifeless body was discovered along a roadside on September 27, 1986. Ogg had left her home around 5 p.m. to attend a family gathering.
The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office linked Bobby Taylor Sr. to the case involving the sexual assault and murder of Deanna Ogg.
A mere two hours after Ogg’s departure, local children stumbled upon her body, located seven miles from her home along a secluded logging road in a small town north of Houston.
According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, Ogg had suffered sexual assault, beating, and stabbing.
A man was arrested the next month and convicted in the case, but DNA testing later exonerated him, the agency said.
Deanna Ogg was just 16 years old when she was found murdered on the side of a Texas road. (Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office)
As the case went cold for almost 40 years, forensic genetic testing led investigators to Taylor, whose DNA was collected at the scene.
In March 2020 the Texas Rangers identified Ogg’s case for the Sexual Assault Kit Initiative program, according to Texas DPS, and the following year previously exhausted evidence was submitted for advanced DNA testing and genealogy research through Bode Technology.
Taylor was then identified as the suspect in 2024 thanks to advanced DNA testing and genealogy research.
“Upon his identification, investigators learned that Taylor was a fugitive from justice on an unrelated felony charge and was believed to be hiding in Mexico,” Montgomery County Sheriff Wesley Doolittle said.
According to the sheriff’s office, Taylor Sr. was arrested on seven different occasions unrelated to cold case. (Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office)
The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office and other agencies coordinated to secure charges for bond jumping. Taylor ultimately turned himself in for an unrelated felony charge on April 24, 2026, in Mexico City.
At a news conference on Wednesday, authorities released seven different mugshot photos from Taylor’s previous arrests spanning from as recently as 2020, all the way back to 1985.
Ogg’s mother was present for the Wednesday news conference put on by the MCSO. Doolittle read a letter on her behalf. It said in part, “Deanna wasn’t on this earth for a long time. She was here for a good time. Her love of Jesus and love of family has withstood a lifetime.”
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