MUS-2026-0556
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MUS-2026-0556
Missing person
- Incident
- 2003
- Indexed
- Oct 30, 2026, by MuseUnsolved
- Agency
- Reeves County Sheriff's Office
- Location
- Balmorhea TX
Public record. Index entry.
Index entry. Case details compiled from public reporting; our researchers have not verified this file yet.
Summary
What happened, as the record shows.
Monica Cassandra Carrasco, 16, was an eleventh grade student at Alpine High School. She was staying with her aunt and uncle, Velma and Bela Baeza, at a rural home near Balmorhea after a hospital discharge. Her cousins saw her go to bed at 11 p.m. on October 1, 2003, and a family member found her still asleep at 1:30 a.m. By the morning of October 2 she was gone, and Texas DPS says the only thing missing from her room was her Bible. DPS says she was last seen wearing a beige nightgown and is believed to be the victim of foul play. No publicly named suspect or person of interest and no charge appears in the sources reviewed, and she remains missing.
Timeline
What the record establishes.
- October 1, 2003
Cousins see Carrasco go to bed at 11 p.m. A family member finds her still asleep at 1:30 a.m. on October 2.
- October 2, 2003
She is discovered missing in the early morning. Her Bible is the only item missing from her room.
- February 5, 2004
The Pecos Enterprise reports the sheriff planned a new search with cadaver dogs and that a $1,000 reward had been offered.
Key people
The people in the file.
16, an eleventh grade student at Alpine High School. Last seen the night of October 1, 2003, at her aunt and uncle's home near Balmorhea.
Her mother, named in Pecos Enterprise coverage of the search for her daughter.
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Investigating agency
Where tips go.
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