Remains of Texas woman, 20, missing for 17 years identified: police

Remains found in earlier this year have been positively identified as a 20-year-old Texas woman who went missing in 2006, police said his week. 

Taalibah Fatin Bint Islam was reported missing on Jan. 6, 2006, and her remains were found March 2 of this year in a residential area of Fort Worth, the Fort Worth Police Department said in a release. 

Islam’s remains were identified through DNA on June 28 by the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office. 

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Islam had been dating Christopher Revill at the time of her disappearance, her family said. He was one of the people to report her missing, FOX 4 Dallas reported. 

They shared a child together. 

Revill is serving a life sentence after being convicted in 2016 for the aggravated kidnapping of ex Typhenie Johnson, who remains missing. 

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Police have said no evidence has been found linking Revill with Islam’s disappearance. 

Her cause and manner of death haven’t been reported. 

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The investigation is ongoing. 

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