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

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

Height (inches)65.0
Weight (pounds)110.0

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/
 
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.
 
Last edited:
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.'
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Date(s) of Birth UsedFebruary 10, 1967
Place of BirthYuma, Arizona
HairBrown
EyesBrown
Height5'6" (at time of disappearance)
Weight112 pounds (at time of disappearance)
SexFemale
NationalityAmerican

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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Date(s) of Birth UsedJanuary 30, 1966
HairBrown
EyesBrown
Height5'1" (at time of disappearance)
Weight110 pounds (at time of disappearance)
SexFemale

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.
 

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