Between 1980 and 2019, there were approximately 6,579 murders in New Mexico, according to Project: Cold Cases unsolved homicide statistics webpage. He forced her towards the office where Stephanie and the girls were being held by a second gunman. } Two-year-old Valerie Teran was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital. would like to email us. As Teran had been unable to find a babysitter for his two daughterstwo-year-old Valerie Teran and six-year-old Paula Holguin (no relation to Ida)he intended to drop them off at the alley's day care. Both men were gunned down in Mexico in a botch robbery in Mexico right after the Bowling Alley Murders. murder victims from New Mexico are reaching out for your help through these pages. Several local, state, and even federal law enforcement organizations have published public annual crime reports on their websites, which detail the types and frequency of crimes in that area, if youre interested in learning more about crimes in New Mexico. Three of these victims survived their injuries, and four including two young children did not. Gunshot wounds were the cause of death. browserName = navigator.appName; I never did find out what happened to my dad Orlando Valdez they never found a body. Ovida Cricket Coogler was last seen alive entering a mysterious car driven by an unknown man in downtown Las Cruces, New Mexico, around 3:00 on the morning of March 31, 1949. The witness who found the photo claimed that a mysterious vehicle had been parked there. // end hiding -->, [NMSOH] In todays world of technology and forensic science, we dont expect murders or missing persons to remain mysteries for long. Their first names were Dorothy and Barbara. validation = False In 2009, a woman walking her dog found a human bone, and many more were found in the vicinity, which led to the discovery of a mass grave in which 11 women were unceremoniously discarded. Entertainment, NM History, People of New Mexico browserName = navigator.appName; All of the girls and women were killed between 2001 and 2005. David Ray died in prison and his accomplice Cynthia Hendy is in prison currently at the SWCF in New Mexico awaiting release. img1off=new Image(); According to numerous data sources, the violent crime rate in Santa Fe, New Mexico, in 2018 was approximately 395.6 per 100,000 residents of the relatively small city, and the Santa Fe, New Mexico, murders rate was around 5.94 the same year.