A Dallas family finally received closure after a missing persons case was solved after several decades. A new lead reopened the cold case, and a veteran detective was able to connect two separate incidents.
After 52 years, the Dallas police department finally had a breakthrough and was able to close this missing persons case at the end of 2025. This is the case of 16-year-old Norman Prater, who went missing on January 14, 1973. The teen was last seen walking with friends in East Dallas, but unfortunately, never made it home.
In July of 1973, 6 months after Norman’s disappearance, an unidentified white male was killed in a hit-and-run near Corpus Christi, Rockport, Texas. Despite the police’s pleading for public assistance, the body was never identified…