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Texas investigators this week announced a major break in a nearly decade-long case: the arrest of serial killer Bobby Charles Taylor Sr.
Taylor, 60, was arrested in Mexico after authorities say advances in DNA technology led Montgomery County, Texas, deputies to the big break.
Taylor is accused of killing Porter, Texas, Deanna Ogg, 16, who was found dead on the side of the road on September 27, 1986.
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Bobby Taylor Senior was arrested in connection with the sexual assault and murder of Deanna Ogg (Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office)
Just two hours later, children nearby found his body. He was found seven miles from where he started on a logging road in a small town north of Houston.
She has been sexually assaulted, beaten and stabbed, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.
A man was arrested next month and convicted in the case, but a DNA test exonerated him, the agency said.
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Deanna Ogg was only 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 nearly 40 years, DNA testing led investigators to Taylor, whose DNA was collected at the scene.
In March 2020 the Texas Rangers identified Ogg as part of the Sexual Assault Kit Initiative, according to the Texas DPS, and the following year the complete evidence was submitted for enhanced DNA testing and genealogy through Bode Technology.
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Taylor was then identified as a suspect in 2024 thanks to advanced DNA testing and genealogical research.
“When he was identified, investigators learned that Taylor was a fugitive from justice on an unrelated charge and was believed to be hiding in Mexico,” Montgomery County Sheriff Wesley Doolittle said.
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According to the sheriff’s office, Taylor Sr. he was arrested seven different times unrelated to cold cases. (Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office)
The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office and other agencies coordinated to determine the charges for the bond violation. Taylor eventually surrendered to unrelated criminal charges on April 24, 2026, in Mexico City.
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At a news conference Wednesday, authorities released seven separate photos of Taylor’s arrests as recently as 2020, dating back to 1985.
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Ogg’s mother was present at Wednesday’s news conference put on by MCSO. Doolittle read him a letter. Part of it said, “Deanna wasn’t long on this earth. She was having fun here. Her love for Jesus and her love for her family lasted a lifetime.”
