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Montelongo, Michael July 12,1977; Texas 4 YO
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Michael Lee Montelongo


Left: Montelongo, circa 1977;
Right: Age-progression at age 31 (circa 2003)


Vital Statistics at Time of Disappearance

Missing Since: July 12, 1977 from San Benito, Texas
Classification: Non-Family Abduction
Date Of Birth: July 22, 1972
Age: 4 years old
Weight: 30 pounds
Distinguishing Characteristics: Hispanic male. Red hair, brown eyes.


Details of Disappearance

Montelongo was last seen playing outside of his family's residence in San Benito, Texas on July 12, 1977. His mother, Maria Conde, called police that afternoon to say her son had disappeared. An extensive search failed to find him. A neighbor said he had seen Montelongo walking along Alamo Street, but this sighting has not been confirmed.
Montelongo enjoyed playing near an area drainage ditch. At the time of his disappearance the water level in the ditch was high, so he could possibly have fallen in and been swept away. If so, however, his body was never found.

One of Montelongo's brothers died of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) about one year before Montelongo vanished. Another of his brothers may have died a few months after Montelongo was reported missing, but authorities are unsure because Conde left the area in the middle of the investigation and never contacted police again. She took a polygraph test in relation to Montelongo's case, but the results have been lost in the years since his disappearance. She is thought to have passed, but she may have been intoxicated at the time the test was administered. Conde has had several children by different men and apparently has never married. Authorities do not know who Montelongo's father is.

Due to the uncertain circumstances in Montelongo's disappearance, his case is classified as a non-family abduction. The case has been open but inactive since 1973. Authorities have renewed their attempts to find Conde and re-interview her about her son's disappearance. She may be in Michigan. Montelongo's case remains unsolved.



Investigating Agency
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:
San Benito Police Department
956-361-3880
OR
Texas Department Of Public Safety
800-346-3243



Source Information
The National Center For Missing and Exploited Children
Texas Department Of Public Safety
The Brownsville Herald



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When A Child Goes Missing
Reported by: Alex Trevino
Email: alext@krgv.com
Last Update: 5/15 12:23 pm

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SAN BENITO - It's been more than three decades since Michael Lee Montelongo disappeared from his home on Alamo Street.

The home where he once lived is now falling apart and abandoned. But neighbors still remember the day he disappeared.

"Everybody was looking for him around the neighborhood and everything. But no. No. We just couldn't find him. Nobody found him," says Maria Guzman.

The detective assigned to the case says it was like hitting a brick wall.

Detective Oscar Leal got the call on a Saturday night. It was his first missing child case.

The search continued through the night. People doing everything they could to find him.

The boy's mother, Enedelia Cavazos, told reporters the boy was on his way to see his aunt when he vanished.

His aunt, Maria Quintanilla, still lives in the same house.

"No one knows what happened," she says.

She says she feels like her sister and the newspapers blamed her for Michael's disappearance.

Investigators say the investigation always came back to one suspect.

"It always came back to the main suspect... to me, my opinion, the mother," says Leal.

The retired detective says Cavazos was too calm when police were searching. He suspects she either killed Michael or sold him.

The police file says Cavazos passed a lie detector test.

NEWSCHANNEL 5 contacted Enedelia Cavazos, who is now living in Grand Rapids, Michigan under a different name.

She says she changed her name to avoid "pesky journalists."

She refused to talk about her son's disappearance.

For now police don't have any leads and the case remains open.

Neighbors and family members leave their porch lights on, in hopes something or someone will guide Michael Lee Montelongo home.


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