Four Dead, Three Wounded, Zero Arrests | The Las Cruces Bowling Alley Massacre

Episode 290,   Mar 30, 02:00 PM

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On the morning of February 10, 1990, employees of a small, semi-rural bowling alley in Las Cruces, New Mexico, arrived for what should have been a normal work day. But before the alley even opened, two armed men rounded up employees, as well as some of their children, who they brought to work. They shot all of them before setting the building on fire and escaping. Shockingly, a 12-year-old victim, who had suffered from multiple gunshot wounds, bravely called 911 shortly after they left. Her chilling account described two calm, methodical men who seemed intent on nothing but terrorizing their victims. When it was all over, four people were murdered, three were gravely wounded, and the local community was left reeling from the shocking massacre.  Despite eyewitness sketches and a rapid police response, no arrests were ever made. More than thirty years later, the Las Cruces Bowling Alley Massacre remains unsolved.

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Sources: https://www.disastercenter.com/newmexic/crime/8559.htm?utm 
https://beta.creativecirclecdn.com/lascruces/files/20200227-152750-2015-01-30.pdf?utm 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Cruces,_New_Mexico 
https://crimejunkiepodcast.com/infamous-las-cruces-bowling-alley-massacre/
https://crimsonwire.org/2025/bowling-alley-massacre-still-effecting-las-cruces-35-years-later/
https://www.grunge.com/858210/chilling-details-from-the-las-cruces-bowling-alley-massacre/?utm 

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