Case Details
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- Missing Since:
- Missing Since 02/23/2011
- Missing From:
- Missing From Alamosa, Colorado
- Classification:
- Classification Endangered Missing
- Gender:
- Female
- Race:
- Race Hispanic
- Date of Birth:
- Date of Birth 10/19/1989 (35)
- Age:
- Age 21 years old
- Height and Weight:
- Height and Weight 4’11, 105 pounds
- Clothing/Jewelry Description:
- Clothing/Jewelry Description A turquoise tank top, light-colored jeans and white high-top shoes.
- Distinguishing Characteristics:
- Distinguishing Characteristics Hispanic female. Brown hair, brown eyes. Sandoval has several tattoos, including pawprints on the left side of her torso, the words “Sad Girl” across her knuckles, the word “Faith” behind her right ear, the name “Lariah” on her left shoulder, a butterfly on her right shoulder, and tattoos on her neck and right wrist. Photos of two of those tattoos are posted with this case summary. Sandoval’s lower lip is pierced on the left side, and her ears are pierced. She smokes cigarettes.
- Details of Disappearance:
- On February 23, 2011, in Alamosa, Colorado, a woman named Sandoval vanished. She’d been to the laundromat and brought some of her laundry, her phone, her one-year-old daughter, and the car seat inside her home. She went back outside for her purse and the rest of the laundry but never came back. Her brother found her gone about 10-15 minutes later. Her car door was open, keys in the lock, and her purse was near the car. Strangely, she left behind her phone and cigarettes, things she usually didn’t do.
This disappearance happened ten days before Sandoval was scheduled to testify against Jose Luis Meraz, a man who had allegedly broken into her home, threatened her and her baby, robbed her, and tied her up. Meraz was already in jail when Sandoval disappeared. Without her testimony, the charges against him were dropped, but could be reinstated if she’s found. Although Meraz denies involvement, the timing is suspicious. Police are investigating other people as well.
Sandoval was a waitress and the oldest of six siblings. Her family and the police believe she wouldn’t have left her baby. Her daughter’s father is in prison, and her grandmother now cares for the child. The case remains unsolved, and foul play is suspected.
- Agency:
- Alamosa Police Department 719-580-0057
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This person was missing Missing Since 02/23/2011