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Sharon Lee Gallegos
Missing Since: July 21, 1960
Location Last Seen: Alamogordo, Otero County, New Mexico
Physical Description
Date of Birth: September 6, 1955
Age: 4 years old
Race: Hispanic
Gender: Female
Height: Unknown
Weight: Unknown
Hair Color: Light brown/blonde/shoulder length with bangs
Eye Color: Brown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: She has a birth mark on one hip.
Nickname - La Huera
Identifiers
Dentals: Unavailable
Fingerprints: Unavailable
DNA: Samples submitted - Tests not complete
Clothing & Personal Items
Clothing: Pink shorts, white shoes.
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Unknown
Circumstances of Disappearance - Sharon Gallegos was kidnapped Thursday, July 21, 1960 in an alley to the rear of her home at 512 Virginia Avenue on Alamogordo's south side at 2:55 p.m. by a man and a woman.
Sharon who would have been 5 on September 5th, was dragged into a " dirty, old green car" believed to be a dark green 1951 or 1952 Dodge or Plymouth. At the time of the abduction an anglo man, described as fair and thin, drove the car which sped south and west onto Fifth Street after Sharon was kidnapped.
The woman was described as a short, heavy-set, woman in her 30's with dirty blond hair. The couple had been stalking Sharon for the last week. After church the previous Sunday they were seen with two youngsters in their car, a small girl and a freckle-faced boy. The woman asked about Sharon's mother, saying she wanted to offer her a job.
The car stopped, the woman asked Sharon to come with her and she'd buy her clothes and candy. When Sharon refused, the woman grabbed her arm and dragged her into the car. She has not been seen since.
If you have any information on this case, please contact: Investigating Agency(s)
Agency Name: Alamogordo Police Department
Agency Contact Person: Sgt. Mark Esquero
Agency Phone Number: 575-439-4300
Agency E-Mail: alamogordopd@ci.alamogordo.nm.us
Agency Case Number: Unknown
NCIC Case Number: Unknown
NamUs Case Number: 35250
NCMEC number 1277765
Information Source(s)
Alamogordo Daily News - July 22, 1960
El Paso Herald-Post - July 28, 1960
Tuscaloosa News - July 2, 1965
Admin Notes
Added: 2/14/2017; Last Updated: 2/14/2017
Doe Network 3683DFNM
NamUs MP # 35250
Below will be the history of how Sharon was found and how I entered her in NamUs and Doe Network
Someone found a little girl named Sharon Lee Gallegos while reading about Little Miss Nobody. I'm surprised we never saw any of the articles she's mentioned in. This is not my find, I just entered her in NamUs and Doe Network.
My email to NamUs, NCMEC and Doe Network where I gave them all of the news articles that were found as well as typed out all of them. It's gonna take me a few posts to get it all in. I'm not going to post the text to the articles so that I'm not breaking any WS rules. Huge thank you to Migmuu for helping me with the newspaper.com articles!
One of my pet cases is UP #10741 who's been nicknamed "Little Miss Nobody" (LMN). While researching LMN , a little girl named Sharon Lee Gallegos who was kidnapped at 2:55pm on July 21, 1960 from 512 Virginia Ave, Alamogordo, NM. was mentioned in a few articles. August 2, 1960 - Prescott Evening Courier - Officers Still Seek Clues To ID body Of Girl - MISSING GIRL IN N.M. MAY BE NEW LEAD
The last article about LMN that Sharon is mentioned in is about their foot prints being sent to the FBI; eventually another article was found where it's said the foot prints were compared, there was no match; so they do not think Sharon is 10741. August 5, 1960 Prescott Evening Courier Footprints Might Lead To Body ID
Sharon is not in any database so I entered her, she's NamUs MP #35250. I also sent a copy of my email to Dustin since UP 10741 is his case, this was before finding the foot prints were not a match. I wanted to make sure I had every article I could find for history since I did not have an MP report. All of the articles have been screen shotted and typed out as well, to make it easier to compose the circumstances. I also included the article links so it's easier for everyone to confirm where they came from. The articles are listed in order in this email.
To date, Sharon has not been found. I have a lot of information but am missing height and weight. We've found 2 articles for the 5 year anniversary (included below). I also found that someone named Rhonda started a FB page for Sharon called Where is Sharon Lynn Gallegos? (Her middle name is wrong) but they pulled it offline. Here is the google cache.
LE eventually got in contact with Sharon's sister who still lives in Alamogordo. She's submitted DNA but it is not done processing
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Sharon Gallegos was kidnapped Thursday, July 21, 1960 in an alley to the rear of her home at 512 Virginia Avenue on Alamogordo's south side at 2:55 p.m. by a man and a woman.
Sharon who would have been 5 on September 5th, was described as having light brown, blondish hair, a light complexion and brown eyes, and was wearing pink shorts and white shoes when she was dragged into a " dirty, old green car" believed to be a dark green 1951 or 1952 Dodge or Plymouth.
At the time of the abduction an Anglo man, described as fair and thin, drove the car which sped South and West onto Fifth Street after Sharon was kidnapped. The woman was described as a short, heavy-set, woman in her 30's with dirty blond hair. The couple had been stalking Sharon for the last week. After church the previous Sunday they were seen with two youngsters in their car, a small girl and a freckle-faced boy. The woman asked about Sharon's mother, saying she wanted to offer her a job.
The car stopped, the woman asked Sharon to come with her and she'd buy her clothes and candy. When Sharon refused, the woman grabbed her arm and dragged her into the car.
Birth date - September 6, 1955
Light brown hair
Fair complexion
Brown eyes
Sharon was wearing pink shorts and white shoes
Scars/ Marks - Birth mark on one hip
Mrs. Lupe Gallegos, had nick-named Sharon "La Huera" because of her blondish hair and fair complexion.
NO HEIGHT OR WEIGHT
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There were statements by LE in the various articles, but I don't think Alamogordo LE names were even given except in Arizona.
Yavapai County Sheriff - Jim Cramer
Yavapai County Attorney - Jim Boyle
Congress Junction Deputy - Dan Jacobs
Prescott Justice of the Peace - Jerold P. Kolar
Under Sheriff - Sam Saum
Deputy Yavapai County Attorney - George Ireland
The FBI was working the case in Alamogordo
City of Alamogordo > Departments > Police
700 Virginia Avenue.
Alamogordo, New Mexico 88310
Phone: (575) 439-4300
Fax: (575) 439-4320
alamogordopd@ci.alamogordo.nm.us
http://ci.alamogordo.nm.us/coa/Police_Department.htm
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July 22, 1960 - Alamogordo Daily News from Alamogordo, New Mexico · Page 1 "She's My Baby... I Miss Her..." Distraught Mother Pleads For Return Of Daughter, 4 - Kidnappers Car Vanishes After Daylight Snatch
