TX TX - Rosemary Diaz, 15, Danevang, 24 Nov 1990

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Rosemary Diaz
Missing Since: November 24, 1990 from Danevang, Texas
Classification: Non-Family Abduction
Date Of Birth: February 10, 1975
Age: 15 years old
Height and Weight: 5'6, 110 pounds
Distinguishing Characteristics: Brown hair, brown eyes. Diaz speaks fluent Spanish. She has a loud, distinct voice with no Spanish accent. She sucks her thumb. Diaz often twists her hair around her fingers while she is speaking. Many agencies spell Diaz's name "Rose Mary."
Clothing Description: A black shirt, blue jeans, black shoes, a gold pendant with an imprinted image of the Virgin Mary, and an amethyst ring.

Details of Disappearance: Diaz was last seen working her part-time job at Dane's Country Store on Highway 71 in her hometown of Danevang, Texas on November 24, 1990. She called her mother between 7:00 and 7:35 p.m. that evening from the store. The conversation terminated when Diaz stated a customer had arrvived. Customers discovered the store was abandoned shortly after Diaz phoned her mother. Diaz's vehicle and her belongings, including her purse, were still at the store, but there was no sign of her. She has never been heard from again.
Authorities do not believe Diaz left of her own accord. She was an honors student at the time of her disappearance and was excited because her older sister was about to bring over her infant for Diaz to meet for the first time. Investigators determined that the only possible evidence of a struggle inside the business was a soda machine that had been moved three to four inches from its normal resting place, and a small dent on a filing cabinet. The cash register was found closed and no money was missing; robbery was evidently not the motive for Diaz's apparent abduction.

http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/d/diaz_rosemary.html
 
Girl, 15, last seen working at store in 1990

(CNN) -- It is a rite of passage for every teenager: A first job brings new responsibility, greater maturity and even a little spending money.

Rosemary Diaz, 15, was excited about entering the work force as a clerk at Dane's Country Store just down the road from home in Danevang, a one-traffic-light town south of Houston that is known as the Danish capital of Texas.

The small convenience store sold everything from hamburgers to gasoline, and Rosemary was trusted to do the work on her own.

But on the night of November 24, 1990, just weeks into the job, Rosemary was waiting for an older sister, Elia, and newborn niece to visit her at the store, police say.

Rosemary called home at 7:30 p.m. to make sure they were still coming.

Soon afterward, two customers entered the shop, and no clerk was to be found, called police.

the rest, at
http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/12/27/grace.coldcase.diaz/index.html?hpt=T2

An earlier WS thread, in the no-discussion Missing Children in America - A Profile forum

Rosemary Diaz's Charley Project page
 
From the same article, I thought this was really strange:

"That day, a local man who wore an eye patch and was nicknamed "One-Eyed Joe" had snapped a Polaroid photo of Rosemary, police say.

The picture was found on the store counter. According to Marek, the man was interviewed and cleared, yet the circumstances around the photo remain unclear."

I wish there was more information about this. It must be so hard for her family not knowing anything.
 
Rosemary Diaz: Still Missing After 22 Years

Twenty-two years, and twenty-two minutes: those are the time periods that figure big in the unsolved missing persons case of Rosemary Diaz.

On November 24, 1990, the 15-year-old El Campo High School honors student simply vanished from her job at a Danevang (Wharton County) convenience store, according to Shannon Crabtree's riveting story in the El Campo Leader-News. To this day, Diaz's family has not abandoned hope that they will find out what happened, and are hoping that anyone who may have seen anything that day might finally provide police with a valid tip.

More: http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairballs/2012/11/rosemary_diaz_missing_wharton_county.php
 
"Crabtree writes that, on the day Diaz disappeared, "three people in a large yellowish-orange or yellowish-brown 1980 to 1983 Oldsmobile were in the Danevang area between 4:30 and 5 p.m., looking for the Diaz residence....The car never arrived at the house, and the three people -- two women ages 40 to 50 and a man about 20 -- have never been identified."

http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairballs/2012/11/rosemary_diaz_missing_wharton_county.php

Now, that's really strange. why so many people looking for the residence? Also, did the convenience store had any cameras?
 
Possible break in the disappearance of Rosemary Diaz.

Remains Discovered Believed to be that of Missing Teen Rosemary Diaz

Fifteen-year-old Rosemary Diaz went missing 25 years ago Tuesday.

Now authorities say they have reason to believe they may have found her remains.

"We've not positively identified yet, but our investigation would lead us to believe it, " said Wharton County Sheriff's Sgt. Scott Grosser. Investigators say they are excavating in a remote area now on private land close to Highway 71 following new information they received which they've never had before. Grosser wouldn't say specifically what that information was or where it came from.
 
Officials with the Wharton County Sheriff's Office received information that led them to believe Diaz was buried at a 60-acre location approximately two miles away from where she was last seen.

Equeeseach founder Tim Miller tells KHOU 11 News that he's the one who dug up the remains. He says they found a ring believed to belong to the missing girl, and that is the most crucial link at this time.

Officials and search volunteers plan to hold an 8 a.m. news conference Wednesday to discuss the case.


http://www.khou.com/story/news/loca...-found-of-girl-missing-for-25-years/76355792/
 
Whoa ! Prayers for the family. I would imagine they've been on the fence all this time, hoping for a miracle. At least now they will know.
 
"Investigators say the now-deceased suspect was in his early 20s at the time of Diaz's abduction "

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The man made "partial confessions" to his family over the years, Grosser said. After his death when the family pieced together perhaps the full story, they reached out to investigators.
"

I find it highly suspicious that the family "pieced together ... the full story" after the guy died. Also, is this guy the "one eye Joe" who was originally a suspect in the case?

http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/texas/article/Remains-of-Rosemary-Diaz-found-25-years-to-the-6656535.php
 
My condolences to her family and even if it isn't her this person is still somone's loss.

If this suspect is dead then why isn't his name being released?

Also, why in hell was a 15-year-old being allowed to work retail at all and then by herself and after dark? That alone, seems almost like child abuse to me or, at the very least, child endangerment. Did her employer know that she was only 15?
 
My condolences to her family and even if it isn't her this person is still somone's loss.

If this suspect is dead then why isn't his name being released?

Also, why in hell was a 15-year-old being allowed to work retail at all and then by herself and after dark? That alone, seems almost like child abuse to me or, at the very least, child endangerment. Did her employer know that she was only 15?

Minors working on retail was still common during the 90's


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http://www.chron.com/news/houston-t...semary-Diaz-found-25-years-to-the-6656535.php

MORE INFO FROM PREVIOUS POST:
Remains of Rosemary Diaz found 25 years to the day after 15 year old went missing
WHARTON COUNTY, Texas – Twenty-five years to the day after 15-year-old Rosemary Diaz went missing, investigators in Wharton County say they believe they have found the remains of her body in a shallow grave.

"The main thing is closure for the Diaz family," Sgt. Scott Grosser of the Wharton County Sheriff's Office said at a news conference Wednesday morning. "That's a family that has kept the memory of Rosemary alive for 25 years. They never let her memory die. They never gave up. It's all about bringing Rosemary home now."
Grosser said investigators were led to the location of human remains in a rural area in Matagorda County based on new evidence provided by members of the family who owned the property.

A member of the family who died months ago has been labeled as a suspect; Grosser said the man has made "partial confessions" to various family members through the years. After the man died, other family members began talking and piecing together the 25-year-old crime.
"They weren't sure what they knew," Grosser said. "No one person had the full story."
Investigators say the now-deceased suspect was in his early 20s at the time of Diaz's abduction from Dane's County on Highway 71store late Saturday, Nov. 24, 1990. Diaz worked at the store. Grosser said the suspect had no connection to Diaz and that the crime was likely one of opportunity. Robbery did not appear to be a motive.
 
Just came here to see if anyone had posted the story of finding her remains. So happy she is finally going home.
 
I wonder if those family members can be charged with hindering evidence?
 
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