Police say missing Baytown woman Kalie Goodwin is believed dead

Baytown police said investigators now believe Kalie Goodwin is dead after a Harris County grand jury re-indicted Quan Flowers on aggravated kidnapping charges in the case. The new filing gives prosecutors a fresh legal step in a disappearance that has stretched more than two years and left Goodwin, who has not been found, officially classified as missing.

Goodwin was last seen in April 2024, and Baytown officials said the second indictment came in July 2026. ABC13 identified Flowers as 41 and said Goodwin was 24 in the case described there. KHOU 11’s transcript also said the matter involves a Baytown woman who had been missing for more than two years.

The Baytown City release described the charge as a first-degree felony aggravated kidnapping charge. In practical terms, that keeps the case in a serious felony posture and shows prosecutors still believe the evidence is strong enough to keep pressing ahead even without Goodwin being recovered. One local report also said Baytown police are pushing for murder charges, a sign the investigation has moved beyond a simple missing-person search and into a homicide-centered strategy.

The re-indictment is the second time Flowers has been indicted in connection with Goodwin’s disappearance, underscoring how the case has continued to develop inside the Harris County criminal system. Baytown police and the Harris County grand jury have now put a renewed legal focus on Flowers, even as Goodwin remains missing and investigators say they believe she is deceased.

For Baytown families, the distinction matters. A missing-person case can remain open for years with no formal criminal charge, but an aggravated kidnapping indictment means a grand jury has found probable cause to move forward on allegations tied to Goodwin’s confinement and disappearance. The latest filing also keeps pressure on investigators to clarify whether additional charges, including a murder case, will follow.

Baytown sits on the eastern edge of Harris County, and major violent-crime investigations there often draw close attention across the county because they move through the same grand jury and court system that handles the region’s highest-profile cases. In Goodwin’s case, the new indictment does not end the search for answers, but it does mark a sharper legal turn in a case now being treated as a suspected homicide.