HARRIS COUNTY, Texas – The search for Kalie Goodwin, a Baytown woman who disappeared in 2024, continues as investigators focus on new leads tied to Quan Flowers, a suspect in her disappearance.
KPRC 2 News obtained a search warrant filed in December 2024.
Quan Flowers, currently held in Harris County Jail on an unrelated murder charge, is connected to the case through his home. The warrant shows he took Goodwin to his home after picking her up from an apartment complex on April 21, 2024—the last day she was seen.
On April 22, 2024, records show Goodwin’s mother received a disturbing phone call from a man demanding $600. The search warrant indicates she heard her daughter’s voice in the background saying, “Momma, my face is deformed.” A witness told police the call came from a home in Fort Bend County.
Flowers allegedly accused Goodwin of stealing money. Court records also show a witness saw him hit Goodwin in the face several times with a handgun.
Police later found Goodwin’s suitcase with her ID inside the Fort Bend County home.
Witnesses told police that Goodwin later appeared at a different Houston home severely beaten. An anonymous informant told police they were told Goodwin was killed, dismembered, and her body burned in the backyard of Flowers’ home. Flowers is accused of using a metal barrel with holes to burn the body, according to the warrant.
Neighbors reported seeing a fire in the backyard and described the smell as the worst they had ever experienced.
Flash forward to this Wednesday night, a tip led investigators to a home in Southwest Houston where a woman named Ella Richardson-Ward’s parents once lived. Warrants were served at two properties that appeared abandoned.
Baytown Police sent KPRC 2 News the following statement:
“At this time, investigators did not locate any obvious human remains during the execution of the search warrants,” a Baytown Police Department spokesperson wrote to KPRC 2. “Items were collected for laboratory analysis as part of standard investigative procedures. This case remains under investigation, and any confirmed information will be released when appropriate.”
Kalie Goodwin’s mother spoke with KPRC 2 News Reporter Corley Peel by phone, expressing gratitude for the recent developments and hope for answers. She is asking anyone with any information about Goodwin’s disappearance to contact the Baytown Police Department.