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Texas Police Solve 50-Year-Old Missing Persons Case

1/6/2026

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  • Texas police have solved the state's oldest missing persons case.
  • Dallas Police Department Detective Ryan Dalby linked Norman Prater, who disappeared in 1973 after a night in Dallas, to a Rockport hit-and-run victim 380 miles away.
  • Isaac Prater, Norman Prater's brother, confirmed the link and said, "You can close the case, that’s my brother."
  • The investigation remains unclear about Norman Prater's activities in the six months before his death.