35: MISSING: Monica Carrasco

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🗓️ 8 April 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

On the morning of October 2, 2003, Monica Carrasco, a 16-year-old beloved daughter and sister, was discovered missing from her aunt and uncle’s house near Balmorhea, Texas. The only items missing from Monica’s room were her beige nightgown and bible - the rest of her belongings, including her socks and shoes, were left behind. Despite extensive searches, no trace of Monica has ever been found. It’s been more than 20 years since Monica vanished, and investigators are still searching for her…

16-year-old Monica Carrasco went missing between 1:30 A.M. and 6:00 A.M. on October 2, 2003. She was last seen asleep in her bed at her aunt and uncle’s house, located four miles southwest of Balmorhea, Texas, near Highway 17 and County Road 323.

At the time of her disappearance, Monica was 5'5" with brown eyes and black hair, possibly with red streaks. She is Hispanic with a medium complexion. She has pierced ears, a chicken pox scar on her forehead near her hairline, a small light-colored mole on her left cheek, and dimples in both cheeks.

If you have any information in Monica’s disappearance, you can call the Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-252-8477. There is a reward available.

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0:00.0	On the morning of October 2nd, 2003, Monica Karasco, a 16-year-old beloved daughter and sister, was discovered missing
0:16.0	from her aunt and uncle's house near Balmeray, Texas.
0:19.7	The only items missing from Monica's room were her beige nightgown and Bible. The rest of her belongings, including
0:26.4	her socks and shoes, were left behind. Despite extensive searches, no traces of Monica has ever been found.
0:34.8	It's been more than 20 years since Monica vanished, and investigators are still searching
0:39.1	for her. You're going to. Oh, Hey everyone welcome back to Detective Perspective. My name is Derek Lovasser.
1:13.5	I'm a licensed private investigator
1:15.1	and former police detective.
1:16.9	And each week I'll be covering an unsolved case and story format.
1:20.2	I'll then give you my perspective on the investigation and provide contact information for the individuals or organizations connected to the case so that if you have any tips, you can contact them directly and maybe you can help solve a case.
1:34.1	And if you're someone who's interested in true crime,
1:36.2	specifically unsolved cases,
1:38.0	and you would like to hear my opinion on those investigations,
1:41.0	please consider subscribing
1:42.4	whether you're watching on YouTube or listening on Apple
1:44.8	Podcast Spotify or whatever platform you use. So we're going to talk about Monica Karasco
1:50.6	tonight. Again this case is a little older. We're talking about 20 years.
1:54.6	Some interesting circumstances surrounding this case. I do have some theories that we're
1:58.9	going to go over at the end of the episode. Some things that may have been overlooked at the time when this incident
2:04.7	occurred. But before I get into that, I want to bring up something else and I know your time's
2:09.3	valuable, so I won't take too much time on it, but if not here where right so thinking about unsolved cases and and shows like detective perspective because there are other shows out there like this not many which is why I'm bringing this up I've been speaking to some
2:28.4	Network people some people in the space and it's becoming very apparent to me and it has been for many years with
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