Las Cruces bowling alley massacre - Las Cruces, NM
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member saopaulo1
N 32° 18.603 W 106° 46.008
13S E 333668 N 3576174
An unsolved crime in Las Cruces, NM.
Waymark Code: WMTJHF
Location: New Mexico, United States
Date Posted: 11/29/2016
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member TerraViators
Views: 3

"On the morning of February 10, 1990, the bowling alley's manager, 34-year-old Stephanie C. Senac, was in her office preparing to open the business with her 12-year-old daughter Melissia Repass and her 13-year-old friend Amy Houser, who were planning to supervise the alley's day care. The alley's cook, Ida Holguin, was in the kitchen when two men entered through an unlocked door. One pulled a .22 caliber pistol on Holguin and ordered her into Senac's office, where she, Repass, and Houser were already being held by the other gunman.

The gunmen ordered the women to lie down while taking approximately $4,000 to $5,000 from the bowling alley's safe. The men then shot each victim several times. Soon after, Steve Teran, the alley's 26-year-old mechanic, entered, having been unable to find a babysitter for his two daughters, two-year-old Valerie Teran and six-year-old Paula Holguin (no relation to Ida), intending to drop them at the alley's day care. Not seeing anyone in the alley, however, Teran entered Senac's office and stumbled onto the crime scene. The gunmen overpowered him before shooting him and his two daughters. They then set the office on fire by lighting some papers up before leaving the alley.

Houser, Teran, and his two daughters were killed. Repass, despite being shot five times, called 9-1-1 on the office phone, allowing emergency services to respond immediately and saving her life along with her mother's and Holguin's.

The event is currently a cold case." (visit link)
Date of crime: 02/10/1990

Public access allowed: yes

Fee required: yes

Web site: [Web Link]

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