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You won't believe this! Call it bizarre if you want. That building started being torn down last week and is gone as I post this. I found out about this today. Now what?

I saw that you had an inquiry on another forum. I will post it here also. Arkie's Service Station Prop. James R. Roberts 1502 N. 8th Street Carlsbad, NM

Anne, we are still with you, friend. Mattie will not be forgotten because there are many of us who want the truth and justice for her. hugs and peace this day, ouiser

I'm not sure if this was posted so I will post it here. CARLSBAD (AP) - The killer of teenagers Pattie sue Pritz, 14, and Mattie Catherine Restine, 13, was still at large today and police said there were no new leads in the case. An inquest jury met yesterday and ruled the girls died of...

I know that most of these articles seem repiticious but I have chosen articles that include things different from the others. The following article was written one month after the girls were found and gives us an idea of the magnitude of this investigation. There must be huge files of material...

Hobbs Daily News-Sun (Hobbs, New Mexico) January 5, 1965 CARLSBAD (AP) -- Eddy County Deputy Sheriff W.C. (Dan) McGrew, 32, was killed Monday night by a bullet from his .38 caliber pistol, which stuck him in the chest, authorities said. Assistant District Attorney J. Lee Cathey said the...

Albuquerque Journal (Albuquerque, New Mexico) August 19, 1962 LUBBOCK, TEXAS (UPI) -- Two San Antonio, Texas men were arrested and taken to the Department of Public Safety office here late Saturday night for lie detector tests in connection with the slaying of two Carlsbad teenage girls a...

MOTHER OF SLAIN GIRL FOUND SHOT Albuquerque Tribune (Albuquerque, New Mexico) September 11, 1963 CARLSBAD, Sept 11. (AP) -- Mrs. Cullen Davidson, 35, was shot and wounded the chest last night . Police Captain Billy Gilt(Gill) said a 22-caliber pistol was found nearby. She was taken to...

Albuquerque Journal (Albuquerque, New Mexico) August 17, 1961 CARLSBAD - Mattie Catherine Restine, for the first time in her life, was allowed to be away from home after dark last Friday. She never came home again. Mattie was buried Tuesday, and her friend and companion on Friday's...

I almost didn't include that quote because I knew how it would effect you. Then I realized that the impact of her statement was the truth as it was quoted. What I have written so far are the actual articles as they were written.

Last day is Described Teenage Murder Solution Evades Officers at Carlsbad by Judith Brimberg of the Journal Staff CARLSBAD - Carlsbad authorities admitted this week that they were no further along in solving the murder of two teenage girls than immediately after it happened...

Hobbs Daily News-Sun (Hobbs, New Mexico) August 16, 1961 CARLSBAD (AP) - The killer of teenagers Pattie sue Pritz, 14, and Mattie Catherine Restine, 13, was still at large today and police said there were no new leads in the case. An inquest jury met yesterday and ruled the girls died of...

Police Question Man in Fatal shooting SPRINGFIELD, MO (AP) - A 20 year-old man was held for questioning today in the fatal shooting last month of two girls near Carlsbad, NM. Sam Robards, Chief of Police, said the man was taken into custody Wednesday night at the request of the Sheriff of...

SUSPECT QUIZZED IN NM KILLINGS LITTLETON, Colo., Jan. 5, (UPI) -- New Mexico law officers have questioned Alfred W. Ratzloff concerning a double murder at Carlsbad, NM. Ratzloff has admitted the kidnap-shooting of Sandra Lee Smith, 16, an Aurora, Colo., high school student. New Mexico...

Hobbs Daily News - Sun / Friday, January 24, 1964 Held 18 months, Parsons freed in two killings (API) Franklin (Buddy) Parsons is free after being held prisoner for about 18 months in the shooting deaths of two Carlsbad teen-age girls. “I don’t know the details . . . but if he had been...