NM NM - Mary Lou Sena, 9, & Billy Sena, 11, Albuquerque, 22 Sept 1979

The Doe Network:
Case File 2915DFNM

http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/2915dfnm.html

Mary Lou Sena
Missing since September 22, 1979 from Albuquerque, New Mexico
Classification: Non Family Abduction



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Vital Statistics

Age at Time of Disappearance: 9 years old
Distinguishing Characteristics: Hispanic female. Brown hair; brown eyes.


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Circumstances of Disappearance
Mary Lou was last seen on September 22, 1979. She was last known to be in the company of her cousin, Billy Sena, outside of their parent's home near Mountain and Edith in Martineztown.
The two children were going to the post office to play on the grass when they vanished.



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Investigators
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:

Albuquerque Police Department
505-242-2677

Source Information:
KRQE News

http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/s/sena_mary.html
Mary Lou's Charley Project page.

NOTE: I can't locate Mary Lou's Date of Birth or any other stats for her.

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The Doe Network:
Case File 4112DMNM

http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/4112dmnm.html

Billy Sena
Missing since September 22, 1979 from Albuquerque, New Mexico
Classification: Non Family Abduction



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Vital Statistics

Date Of Birth: September 27, 1967
Age at Time of Disappearance: 12 years old
Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 5'1" (155 cm); 100 lbs (45 kg)
Distinguishing Characteristics: Hispanic male. Brown hair; brown eyes.
Marks, Scars: A birthmark on his left shoulder blade.


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Circumstances of Disappearance
Billy was last seen on September 22, 1979. He was last known to be in the company of his cousin, Mary Lou Sena, outside of their parent's home near Mountain and Edith in Martineztown. The two children were going to the post office to play on the grass when they vanished.



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Investigators
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:

Albuquerque Police Department
505-242-2677

Source Information:
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children

(NOTE: Even though Doe Network lists Billy's age as 12, if I'm doing my math correctly he was five days shy of his 12th bday making him still 11 yrs of age)

http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/s/sena_billy.html
Billy's Charley Project page.

http://www.krqe.com/dpp/news/apd-opens-cold-case-on-missing-kids-
Updated: Saturday, 15 May 2010, 11:31 AM MDT
Video at link too.

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Albuquerque police have decided to take on a cold case dating back 30 years, involving two children who vanished from the streets of Albuquerque.

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More text at link.

https://www.findthemissing.org/cases/6643/0/
Billy NamUs Profile:
Dental: NA
DNA: NA
Fingerprints: NA

Mary Lou isn't listed in NamUs at this time.

No archived articles found for the children even though archived articles are referenced in the above article.

Mary Lou and Billy have been missing almost 31 years. Come home soon.

(Billy is pictured to the left, Mary Lou to the right).

They were going to the post office to "play on the grass"? Does that sound a little unusual to anyone else? Was this a common thing that kids in the area did, in lieu of a park or playground, or was there some reason in particular that these two did it?

CastlesBurning said:

They were going to the post office to "play on the grass"? Does that sound a little unusual to anyone else? Was this a common thing that kids in the area did, in lieu of a park or playground, or was there some reason in particular that these two did it?

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These children went missing from Albuquerque which is the desert. There were probably few area's with grass. It might have been a highlight to go play on the grass, especially with grass soft enough to play on if it was maintained by the city in front of the post office. It may have only been maintained between fall and spring months as well. I know that to be the case for certain communities in Phoenix, not much grass and none in the summer.

Were the children ever seen playing at the post office with the grass and was that facility on a busy street or highway? I'm thinking of a place where there would have been quite a bit of through traffic with persons driving past from out of town who could have taken the youngsters far from their home. Of course, if this was the case, there could have been a better chance for someone to have seen something. I know some post office buildings are on busy streets while others are located on quiter residential ones.

http://www.kasa.com/dpps/news/news_other_4/suspect-named-in-30-year-old-cold-case_3977721

Suspect named in 32-year-old cold case

Updated: Wednesday, 02 Nov 2011, 11:03 AM MDT
Published : Tuesday, 01 Nov 2011, 10:46 PM MDT
Reporter: Tim Maestas
Producer: Jason Auslander
Web Producer: Magdalena Sharpe


Video also available at link above.

They are confident the kids were murdered, and now they’re revealing the name of a possible suspect, Michael Cordova.

Billy Sena’s sister, Sarah Garcia, remembers the name well, Cordova was the boyfriend of Billy’s mother at the time of her brother’s disappearance.

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Police are also looking for a woman named “Liza Ramirez”, or “Lisa Ramirez”, who was alSeptember, so listed in the case file as the person living in the house at 323 Mountain Road in 1979.

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Kat, did you notice at the end of the video report the news anchor said that the old statute would not allow them to file any charges! so the goal is to find the children and give them a proper resting place and close the case?

No I missed that fhc, I wonder when murder charges had an expiration date? Wow.

Mary Lou and Billy have been compared to 2 childrens remains found in California. Take a look when y'all can. I'm curious to hear some feedback. Here is the link.

http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?p=9696506#post9696506


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Bumping

From charleyproject
Mary Lou Sena – The Charley Project

Details of Disappearance
Mary Lou was last seen in Albuquerque, New Mexico on September 22, 1979. She disappeared with her cousin, Billy Sena. They were last seen in the vicinity of Edith Road and the 300 block of Mountain Road northeast in the Martineztown neighborhood at 10:00 a.m. They left to go to the post office and never returned. Neither of them have been heard from again.

The circumstances of the Sena children's disappearances are unclear; there are theories that they ran away, were abducted or accidentally got locked into a railcar while playing. There were rumors that they had been murdered and buried in the basement of a house in the Martineztown area, but this story was never confrimed.

Authorities identified a possible suspect in the children's disappearances in 2011: Michael Cordova, who was Billy's mother's live-in boyfriend in 1979. Billy's sister stated Cordova was a drug dealer and grew marijuana in the family's backyard. His sister remembers that shortly before Billy and Mary Lou vanished, one of Cordova's marijuana plants went missing. Cordova blamed Billy for it and beat him severely.

Authorities are trying to find and question Cordova, and they're also looking for a woman named Liza Ramirez, who lived at Billy's residence in 1979.

Billy was a sixth-grader at Truman Middle School at the time of his disappearance, and Mary Lou was a fourth-grader at Longfellow Elementary School. Most of the children's relatives are deceased, but Billy's sister and Mary Lou's mother are alive. Their cases remain unsolved.

CastlesBurning said:

Age-progression pictures could give cold case new life

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Age-progression pictures could give cold case new life



There’s a new push to get to the bottom of an Albuquerque cold case.

Mary Lou Sena, 9, and her cousin Billy Sena, 11, vanished from their Martineztown home in 1979.

The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children is sharing new pictures of what Mary Lou and Billy would look like now.
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The person who lives in the same home where the children once lived said he’s familiar with the case.

“I just heard that the people who owned the house before-- they had two parents, that had their priorities messed up and just pretty much two kids just vanished-- were never found,” Dominic Perches said.

Mary Lou and Bill were last seen going to the neighborhood post office.

People have come up with their own theories about what happened to the children.

“They're not really too sure if they were buried here or just taken somewhere else,” Perches said.

9 years old Mary Lou Sena profile - Mary Lou Sena – The Charley Project



11 years old Billy Sena profile - Billy Sena – The Charley Project

Bumping up this case for Mary Lou and Billy. Many years may pass, but forever will victims deserve that the truth come to light and justice be served.

Bumping this thread for Mary Lou and Billy.

Dear children, time for your bump up in 2021.

Moving thread up. Mary Lou & Billy are not forgotten.