Woman's accidental voicemail allegedly exposes plot to help man dispose of dead body

The case of a missing flight attendant might've taken a tragic turn, with an accidental voicemail potentially confirming the fate of Rana Nofal Soluri.

While the 47-year-old Envoy Air flight attendant has been missing since March 2025, a Texas woman has now been accused of helping her friend dispose of Soluri's body in this brutal crime.

NBC DFW has obtained an arrest affidavit where 62-year-old Joni Thomas is accused of assisting suspected killer Dennis William Day in hiding Soluri's remains.

Authorities claim that Day phoned Thomas after he killed Soluri in his Fort Worth home. Detectives reportedly discovered a 'butt-dial' voicemail on Thomas' phone that records her and Day struggling to move a 'heavy' object.

It's alleged that Thomas drove to Day's in her pickup truck, with the pair transporting Soluri's body to a location 70 miles away, before throwing it off a bridge.

The warrant mentions a voicemail where a male and female voice can be saying the likes of "Hey, help me, "Make sure the lid's on," and, "I'm sorry I got you messed up in this."

Day has supposedly admitted to killing Soluri, saying that he 'snapped' when she started videoing him and threatened to call the police. It's said that he started to strangle her.

The documents add that he dragged Soluri's dead body into the backyard and then disconnected security cameras when he remembered he was being recorded.

He allegedly told police that he put her body in the trash and then took it to the bridge near Bowie.

Speaking to the outlet, Soluri's sister said: "It’s been torture. Every other day, I keep dreaming or wishing… Oh, I’ll get a phone call and maybe she just bumped her head, had amnesia—something."

Describing her sister as a proud Jordanian-Palestinian and a firecracker, she continued: "She might've been in a small frame, but she had a big personality. You would think she was six-foot-six, you know, she was strong, very opinionated."

As for how Day comes into the story, Soluri had lived with him for over a year, with her sister continuing: "These people were good to her and suddenly he wasn't, he just became a different person."

The warrant explains how Thomas was questioned by police, but said she didn't allow Day to use her truck. Her story was then changed to her letting him use the truck, although she maintains she wasn't aware of what was going on. Thomas' version of events says she thought Day had stopped to urinate at the bridge, claiming that she fell asleep in the passenger seat with no knowledge of a body being disposed of.

Authorities are adamant that Thomas not only lent Day her truck, but actively participated in disposing of Soluri's body. The warrant states: "This is a clear effort by both [Day] and [Thomas] to deceive law enforcement and make it appear like they never left [Day’s] house in Fort Worth, Texas, when they were dumping [Nofal’s] body in Bowie, TX."

In the aftermath of Thomas' arrest as the second in the case, Soluri's sister concluded that while there's a small sense of relief, it's not the closure the family was hoping for because her body hasn't been found: "It's not just about our heritage and how we put people to rest it's, you know-- she needs that. Her soul needs that. Her daughter needs that. We need that."