WA WA - Carlota Sanchez, 12, & Elsie Luscier, 13, Taholah, 30 Aug 1979

Carlota Maria Sanchez
AKA Loop, Maria
Adams County, Washington
12 year old native american female


Hair: Brown, Long, straight
Eyes: Brown

Pierced ears
Eye teeth has been pulled and were missing

Wears jeans
Carlota's photo is shown age-progressed to 45 years. She was last seen in August 1979 on the Quinault Indian Reservation. Carlota may have been in the company of a juvenile female. They may have traveled to Seattle, Washington or to Arizona. Carlota is biracial. She is Native American and Hispanic of Cuban decent. Her ears are pierced.

https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/7001/

Elsie Eldora Luscier
Adams County, Washington
13 year old native american female


Hair: Brown, Above collar line
Eyes: Brown

Elsie and her cousin, Carlotta Sanchez (MP # 7001), were last seen on August 30, 1979.

https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/7002/

Charley Project link for Carlota: Carlota Maria Sanchez – The Charley Project

Charley Project link for Elsie: Elsie Eldora Luscier – The Charley Project

2641DFWA - Carlota Maria Sanchez

http://lostandmissinginindiancountry.com/Newsletters/Oct2018.pdf

SPD marks National Missing Children's Day with tribute to 1979 case

“These girls were just 12 and 13 when they vanished,” Chief Best said. “Their families will never forget them, and neither will our department – their cases remain open and unsolved.”

Just correcting a small error. Carlota is actually 50% Hispanic, 25% Native American and 25% Caucasian (of, going back several generations, Swiss origin). Her mother was biracial and her father Hispanic. From the Sanchez tree on Ancestry.

On more significant matters, Carlota Maria Sanchez (1967-1979) - Find A Grave... provides quite a lot of information, both additional to the disappearance and about the family search for them. Most relevantly it says;

• They had left to travel to a reservation near Seattle to visit their grandmother. So they had good reason to be going to Seattle.
• Carlota was on vacation in Washington and lived permanently in Yuma, Arizona - which is presumably the reason for the suggestion they may have been heading to Arizona.
• The family seem to be convinced that remains found in Washington in 1980 are Carlota's despite no dna match. I do not know what to make of this.

Oct. 6, 2023
By Tammy AyerYakima Herald-Republic

''For years after cousins Elsie Eldora Luscier and Carlotta Maria Sanchez disappeared from the Quinault Nation Indian Reservation in August 1979, authorities thought they were runaways.
But with more recent information prompting the FBI Seattle to open an investigation, that’s no longer the case. The FBI investigates the most serious crimes involving Indigenous people on reservations.
FBI Seattle released missing persons posters for Carlotta and Elsie in September after getting additional information. The cousins were last seen in Taholah on Aug. 30, 1979. Taholah is on the Quinault Reservation, in Grays Harbor County, and is home to Quinault Nation headquarters.
Carlotta was 12 when she disappeared; Elsie was 13. Both weighed about 110 pounds but Carlotta was a few inches taller than Elsie. The FBI seeks information about the disappearance of the girls, and about those responsible for their disappearance.
Those with any information concerning this case are asked to contact tips.fbi.gov.
“The reason we are putting the posters out now is initially they were thought to have run away. We have reason to believe one or both may be victims of a crime,” said Special Agent in Charge Richard Collodi of the FBI office in Seattle.
The posters “may trigger memories of people,” he added. “Things they thought may not be important” could make a crucial difference.'

Details:​

On August 30, 1979, Carlotta Maria Sanchez, accompanied by her cousin, Elsie Eldora Luscier, disappeared from Taholah, Washington, which is in the Quinault Nation Indian Reservation. The FBI is seeking information about the disappearance of both girls, and about those responsible for their disappearance.

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Details:​

On August 30, 1979, Elsie Eldora Luscier, accompanied by her cousin, Carlotta Maria Sanchez, disappeared from Taholah, Washington, which is in the Quinault Nation Indian Reservation. The FBI is seeking information about the disappearance of both girls, and about those responsible for their disappearance.

Carlota Maria Sanchez – The Charley Project

This is one of those cases that I think about very frequently. I really hope they are found soon.

Someone knows something..

I've submitted Carlota Maria Sanchez case, and an unidentified deceased female found in Phoenix, Arizona to NamUs:

AZ - AZ - Phoenix, Female UP984, 19-30, in roadside ditch, retainer on teeth, Aug'83

Had an amazing OH WOW!! moment after submission, read here:

AZ - AZ - Phoenix, Female UP984, 19-30, in roadside ditch, retainer on teeth, Aug'83


I am pretty certain that Carlota Sanchez is the unidentified person. I have since searched for the best prospect for missing Elsie Luscier, and I am submitting the following unidentified to be reviewed with NamUs which I've already passed to the FBI:

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

I'm so excited, I thought I'd post the side-by-side here as well with the unidentified. Have a look at those retainers on both females!

ProductiveOne said:

I'm so excited, I thought I'd post the side-by-side here as well with the unidentified. Have a look at those retainers on both females!

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An estimated height of 5ft 0ins for the unidentified compared to Carlota's 5ft 6ins (at when she went missing and may have grown further) seems quite a big difference, especially as the unidentified was not skeletonised. But large errors in estimates are not unknown so worth submitting.

alb1on said:

An estimated height of 5ft 0ins for the unidentified compared to Carlota's 5ft 6ins (at when she went missing and may have grown further) seems quite a big difference, especially as the unidentified was not skeletonised. But large errors in estimates are not unknown so worth submitting.

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Both the unidentified and the missing are 65" in height, or 5' 5".

Edit: I think I know what you did. You looked at Carlota's height, and you then looked at the unidentified I matched for her also missing cousin, Elsie.

Here are the two sets of submissions:

Carlota Maria Sanchez
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

Suspected Unidentified for Carlota:
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

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Elsie Eldora Luscier
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

Suspected Unidentified for Elsie:
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

ProductiveOne said:

I've submitted Carlota Maria Sanchez case, and an unidentified deceased female found in Phoenix, Arizona to NamUs:

AZ - AZ - Phoenix, Female UP984, 19-30, in roadside ditch, retainer on teeth, Aug'83

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Not a match. Both cases are in CODIS. However, there is great news. The Maricopa Office of the Medical Examiner found a name for the unidentified decedent, and they're just waiting on final confirmation. Good for them, and the missing's family.

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)