Case Details
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- Missing Since:
- Missing Since 05/28/1981
- Missing From:
- Missing From Odessa, Texas
- Classification:
- Classification Endangered Missing
- Gender:
- Female
- Race:
- Race White
- Date of Birth:
- Date of Birth 12/30/1948 (76)
- Age:
- Age 32 years old
- Height and Weight:
- Height and Weight 5’3, 150 pounds
- Clothing/Jewelry Description:
- Distinguishing Characteristics:
- Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Black hair, hazel eyes. Munguia has a scar on her left leg between the knee and ankle. Her ears are pierced. Some agencies may spell her last name “Mungia.”
- Details of Disappearance:
- On May 28, 1981, at 1:00 a.m., Maria Munguia left her home in Odessa, Texas, to visit a friend in Oklahoma City. She was driving a gray 1977 Lincoln Continental and told her husband she’d be back in a few days. She never arrived.
Munguia was reported missing five days later. Six months after she disappeared, her car was found abandoned at Oklahoma City’s Will Rogers World Airport. Police figured it had been there since June 7th. Her luggage wasn’t in the car, and five bullet casings were found inside.
Because of the bullet casings and the fact that Munguia was a devoted mother who wouldn’t leave her son without a word, police suspect foul play. Despite the investigation, her disappearance remains a mystery.
- Agency:
- Ector County Sheriff’s Office 432-335-3050
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This person was missing Missing Since 05/28/1981