TX TX - Joseph Hurtado, 1, El Paso, 9 Sept 1974

[luxISlight]

This is a heartbreaking story. I can't imagine the pain his family has gone through.

 

[ChatteringBirds]

This week Joseph is featured on the homepage at Charley Project. I wish more would have come from the potential suspect LE identified. It's so unfair that this baby and his family never had justice.

 

[luxISlight]

I've read they searched the Rio Grande as it was close to the grandmothers and presumably the mothers house at the time but just because they didn't find him then doesn't mean that's not where he went. I have not looked up river conditions at that time for that area. Just wanted to put that out in case someone was able to look into it.

 

[spartanx]

Poor baby, how did they leave him walking alone in the street? I can't understand those parents who leave their young children alone so trusting are they? knowing that danger is everywhere... they take adult people during the day and they are not going to steal a baby... now, there is always the possibility that it fell into the river and was called a big river for a reason. .. just because his body hasn't been found doesn't mean that he didn't fall into it... it's like that
rest in peace

 

[John/Jane Doe]

Joseph Hurtado – The Charley Project

 

[John/Jane Doe]

176DMTX - Joseph Hurtado

 

[John/Jane Doe]

176DMTX - Joseph Hurtado

 

[Diane Redfern]

 

[Interested_But_Confused]

If I have the correct 836 Elmwood Court in El Paso, it's right at the end of the dead-end road and backs almost directly onto the Rio Grande river. An abduction is very possible, but a river like that in such close proximity is too notable to ignore:

Elmwood Ct · El Paso, TX 79932

El Paso, TX 79932

www.google.com

 

[DS2021]

Joseph Hurtado – The Charley Project

Missing Since
09/09/1974
Missing From
El Paso, Texas
Classification
Non-Family Abduction
Sex
Male
Race
Hispanic
Date of Birth
01/05/1973 (51)
Age
1 year old
Height and Weight
2'6, 22 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description
A red jumper, blue socks and brown high-top orthopedic shoes.
Medical Conditions
Joseph was born with club feet. He was wearing the above-mentioned orthopedic shoes at the time he vanished to help correct the problem. If left untreated, club feet can lead to severe intoeing (pigeon-toes) later in life.
Associated Vehicle(s)
Blue Ford
Distinguishing Characteristics
Hispanic male. Brown hair, brown eyes. Joseph has a brown birthmark on his back, near his right kidney.
Details of Disappearance
Joseph was last seen walking to his grandmother's house in the 800 block of Elmwood Court in El Paso, Texas, on September 9, 1974. Joseph's mother was washing the family's car in their driveway at the time, and his father was indoors.

Joseph kept going from one parent to the other. When he disappeared, at first both his parents thought he was with the other one. He has never been seen again. All of his neighbors and his parents, who are now divorced, were ruled out as suspects in his case, and a search of the Rio Grande, which flows behind his house, turned up no clues.

A neighbor reported seeing an unidentified blue Ford on the street, which dead-ends, at the time Joseph was last seen. The vehicle disappeared at the same time Joseph did, but it hasn't been proven that the car is connected to his presumed abduction.

Authorities believe Joseph is dead and they have a suspect, whom they have not publicly named, in his kidnapping and presumed murder. They presented their case to a grand jury, but the jury didn't issue any indictments. Police stated the passage of time since Joseph's disappearance has greatly hindered the investigation. The case remains active but unsolved

 

[luxISlight]

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