Missing Persons Cases Leave Unanswered Questions For Montgomery County Families

CONROE, TX — Missing persons cases can be among the most difficult to solve for law enforcement, and the most painful for the families of those who’ve suddenly vanished.

There is often that sense of fear that grips a family when the missing person is a juvenile, and it can be much the same for the families of adults who simply disappear and are never heard from again. (Want to get daily updates about traffic news and other events going on in your area? Sign up for the free Houston Patch morning newsletter.)

That’s been the case in Montgomery County for the families of Danielle Sleeper, last seen in March 2015 in Magnolia, and Donna Kay Cloud, who disappeared from Splendora in October 2016.

Both of these cases are unrelated, but are baffling, especially to family members who are left wondering where their loved ones are.

Danielle Sleeper, 32, a stay at home mom of three, disappeared from her Magnolia home with her purse and cellphone, but her car was still in the driveway, the Houston Chronicle reported.

Her husband said she was sleeping in their bed when he left for work that day, and missing when he came home.

Sleeper’s profile is one of several long term missing persons listed on the Texas Center for the Missing website.

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Danielle Sleeper is 5’7” and weighs about 130 pounds, with hazel eyes and brown hair. She has several tattoo, including a cross in the center of shoulder blades, a frog inside ankle right leg with "Colton" on top and "Dylan" beneath frog, and a tribal tattoo top of left foot.

Donna Kay Cloud, 19, was last seen on Oct. 19, 2016 by her family in Splendora, and according to her father Darrel Beaty, his daughter had a date with a man in Kingwood, the Conroe Courier reported.

But it was a claim that no one has been able to verify.

Law enforcement officers checked the surveillance footage of the restaurant, and Cloud is nowhere to be seen.

Beatty told the Courier that he wants to find his daughter, and bring her home.

"She wouldn't just disappear” Beatty said. “Donna was free to come and go from my home. She is not a runaway.”

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Donna Cloud 5' 1" tall and weighs 120 pounds. She has dark hair and dark brown eyes.

Some of her distinguishing characteristics are deep dimples on both cheeks and a piercing in her right nostril.

She has several tattoos including the word "Faith" on her right forearm, a cross tattoo on the middle finger of her right hand, a diamond tattoo on her right ring finger, and a tattoo that says "Love is Enough" on her right collarbone.

Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of Cloud or Sleeper is asked to call the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office at 936-760-5800

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