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On August 6, 1989, Elisa Roberson left her Aransas pass home and headed to a friend's house several blocks away, just under a mile.

Her friend was supposed to meet her halfway, but Elisa, as the story goes, never showed up.

For 34 years now, Elisa has been 13 years old in the memories of her family and friends.

That's how old she was, the day she vanished.

To this day, Elisa's disappearance haunts her mother Marina, sister Ruby, brother Alex, and even

the original detectives on the case

the case, Mike Thompson, captain of detectives at the time and Linda Thompson, a lieutenant.

The case took detectives to a Mexican prison,

had them conferring with authorities in several states, and had them chasing

down anonymous tips at home that ultimately led nowhere.

Elisa's disappearance also haunted those who loved her, but are no longer with us, her father,

Eugene, and little brother Tony.

There was no shortage of theories in the case.

Some developed soon after Elisa went missing, and some through the decades that have passed.

None are absurd or implausible, something that only further shrouds the case in

mystery, but at least one, when considering the timeline and available evidence is extremely unlikely.

In fact, considering the available evidence, or more accurately the lack thereof, what happened to Elisa is as mysterious and

elusive a question as questions come. Despite law enforcement's insistence over the years that no suspects were ever identified, that isn't necessarily the case, and despite her efforts to get her sister's story told comprehensively, Ruby Roberson Hall

has only been able to get the new stations local to the Greater Corpus Christi Area to air simple segments on or near the anniversary

of Elisa's disappearance.

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