JUAREZ toddler missing since 1954
Posted: 01/21/2013 12:14:22 AM MST
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Lorenzo "Lenchito" Vasquez
has been missing for more than 60 years. (Courtesy photo)
Lorenzo "Lenchito" Vazquez Lazalde was about 3 years old when his El Paso
relatives last saw him in Juárez.
That was in 1954.
His mother, Virginia Lazalde, said her son was at a relative's home playing
outdoors when he vanished.
"Over the years, we received rumors that he was killed in an accident in
Juárez, and later that he was spirited by different relatives to El Paso and
then that he was taken to California, but we were never able to confirm these
stories," the mother said.
Others said they saw the boy get on a public transport bus in Juárez after
someone called out to him by his nickname, "Lenchito."
"For many years, his father's family refused to talk about him," his mother said. "His father died 20 years ago, and we still don't know what happened to my son. I need to know, if he is alive, that he is all right."
Virginia Lazalde cries and clutches the black-and-white photographs she had of her son as a toddler. She had other children, but has never forgotten her first child.
"I nearly went crazy after Lorenzo disappeared, and searched for him in many places for a long time," she said. "In my latter years, I don't want to die
without knowing what happened to him. I know his disappearance was reported because the police in Juárez came to my home to ask if I was hiding Lorenzo. In my heart, I believe that Lorenzo is out there, somewhere."
Virginia Lazalde said she would like help in obtaining an age-progression picture of her son that will show what he might look like today.
Anyone with information may contact the family at 915-780-9033 or 915-861-0895.
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Reporter:
Diana Washington Valdez 
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