DALLAS — On Dec. 5, Dallas police responded to a home in the 8000 block of Hunnicut Drive and found a 46-year-old man, Rory Thacker, dead. But his sister told WFAA she got there first and discovered his dead body.
"I saw him laying face up at the end of his bed on the floor," his sister Holly said. "With his hands tied very tightly behind his back, and he was strangled."
Thacker, Holly said, dedicated his life to caring for animals and the elderly. Her family knew something was wrong when Rory didn't show up to bathe his father and shop for his mother's groceries, as he did every week. That's when Holly went to his home and found him.
"I was in total shock," she told WFAA. "I couldn’t believe it…because someone had murdered my brother…and I had no clue why."
Dallas Police announced on March 4 it’s been investigating Rory’s death, which the Dallas County Medical Examiner has ruled as a homicide.
"Just seeing what this person did to him…we don’t know the amount of suffering or struggle that my brother went through and that’s the hardest part."
Holly said her brother’s attacker also took his phone and his car. She shared a video with WFAA which shows Rory's car pulling out of his house after police believe he was killed.
DPD sources tell WFAA detectives still haven’t found Rory’s car.
"I’m on a mission to find the person who did this to my brother."
Holly is now hoping someone might come forward with information about what happened to help detectives build their case. She said she will keep fighting to honor her brother's life.
"[Rory] knows, and hopefully he can feel how much I love my little brother," she cried.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Romero with Dallas Police at 214-671-4226 or joshua.romero@dallaspolice.gov.