The Unsolved Las Cruces Bowling Alley Massacre - February 10 2026
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🗓️ 10 February 2026
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| 0:00.0 | There were two more murders, 15 miles away. |
| 0:02.6 | When police arrived, they found the telephones and electricity lines. |
| 0:06.0 | We have a weird homicide. |
| 0:08.8 | A scene described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird... |
| 0:12.0 | One would expect that a massacre, one that left behind witnesses and evidence, |
| 0:20.0 | would be easy to solve. On February |
| 0:22.5 | 10, 1990, a truly devastating event took place in New Mexico, a case that remains unsolved, despite |
| 0:29.6 | the killers leaving behind witnesses. So, if you like your coffee hot, but your bones chilled, |
| 0:36.8 | sit back and start your day with a morning cup of murder. |
| 0:41.0 | On the morning of February 10, 1990, 34-year-old Stephanie C. Sennak, the manager of the Las Cruces Bowling Alley, was in her office preparing for opening with her 12-year-old daughter, Melissa Rapas, and the girl's 13-year-old |
| 0:56.7 | friend, Amy Hauser. Both young girls were there to supervise the alley's daycare, and in the |
| 1:03.1 | kitchen was the 33-year-old cook, Ida Holguin, preparing for a day of business. She was there |
| 1:10.5 | when two men entered through the unlocked door, |
| 1:13.9 | and one pulled out a 22 caliber pistol and ordered Ida into Stephanie's office. When she walked |
| 1:21.0 | inside, absolutely terrified. She found Stephanie and the two girls already being held captive by the other gunman. |
| 1:29.7 | The men ordered them to lay down while taking about $4,000 to $5,000 from the bowling alley's safe. |
| 1:36.9 | Right around this time, Stephen Tehran, the 26-year-old pin mechanic, entered the building. |
| 1:42.7 | And unable to find a babysitter for his daughters that |
| 1:45.4 | day, he had two-year-old Valerie Tehran and six-year-old Paula Holguin, no relation to Ida, in tow. |
| 1:53.2 | It wasn't a big deal to bring them along with him to work. The plan was to drop them off at |
| 1:57.7 | the alley's daycare once it opened up. Not seeing anyone inside, |
| 2:02.7 | he went into Stephanie's office and stumbled right into a hostage situation. That's when |
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