Galveston County: Texas EquuSearch working 40-year cold case in Santa Fe
Galveston County: Texas EquuSearch investigating in Santa Fe for 1983 cold case
Santa Fe Police and Texas EquuSearch have been investigating a home in connection to a cold missing person case dating back to the 1980s. FOX 26's Leslie DelasBour shares the latest information from the scene.
HOUSTON - Texas EquuSearch is working on a 1983 cold case involving a missing girl, according to sources.
Officials say the organization is working to see if they can locate the body of a girl who disappeared.
1983 cold case investigation
What we know:
FOX 26 received a tip that officials are searching in the 14400 block of Pine Street in Santa Fe.
Our team did some investigating and learned only one girl went missing from Santa Fe, Texas in 1983 and whose disappearance went cold: Sondra Ramber. The then-14-year-old was last seen at her family's home.
What we don't know:
It is not confirmed if this is the cold case being investigated. We are waiting for official confirmation from the authorities.
No other information is available at this time.
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What they're saying:
Santa Fe Police tell FOX 26 that the home they're investigating is newly built, but investigators are following measurements that were taken by detectives in the 1980s.
Police Captain Lion Garcia says the homeowners are not connected to the case, and they are cooperating with officials.
"For several years, detectives have followed up on it," he said. "Most recently, Detective Butler started working the case. He started working on a few leads. The leads took him back to this residence which was initially suspected back in the 1980s."
Captain Garcia also explains how officials are investigating the scene.
"Due to the nature of what happened, Texas EquuSearch is here with their ground-penetrating radar to help us search the area to see if we can find any remains or bones or body," said the captain. "It's very similar to how police radars work. It simply sends a signal into the ground, and it detects whether the signal comes back or if there is something that is disturbing the signal. And even then, if there is something in the ground, nothing says it could be a body, it could be a pipe, it could be really anything."
The Source: Information from this article was provided by a FOX 26 source. FOX 26 reporter Leslie DelasBour then spoke to Santa Fe police at the scene of the investigation.