The Call: 12 year old escapes bowling alley massacre – Ep. 50

911: Emergency. 

Melissa, 12: Please help me ... We were all shot. 

A child, suffering from multiple bullet wounds, still manages to provide critical information to emergency dispatch in hopes of helping her mom and others gunned down at a New Mexico bowling alley in 1990. 

Join the co-hosts in The Escape Pod this week to hear the girl’s harrowing account and theories surrounding who was responsible for the massacre that, to this day, is considered an “open” case. 

  

BE ADVISED: This episode contains violent content, including discussion of a mass shooting. 

 

Bullet Points of Key Topics and Markers: 

• Topic #1         :49 Co-host has a rough return after holiday break. 

• Topic #2       8:43 Intro to the Las Cruces bowling alley massacre 

• Topic #3    16:00 12-year-old escape artist calls 911 

• Topic #5    24:04 Theories about why the bowling alley was targeted 

• Topic #6    35:12 Escapism, co-host-style! 

 

Resources & Links 

• 911 Call Audio: https://soundcloud.com/crucessunnews/las-cruces-bowling-alley-massacre-911-call-full-audio?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing  

• https://www.lcsun-news.com/story/news/crime/2022/02/10/las-cruces-bowling-alley-massacre-reward-increased-32nd-anniversary/6704122001/  

• https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Las_Cruces_Bowling_Alley_Massacre  

• https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/history/blogs/tales-from-the-morgue/2010/02/10/1990-bowling-alley-massacre-leaves-4-dead-3-injured/31512615/ 

• https://americancrimejournal.com/las-cruces-bowling-alley-massacre/ 

• https://audioboom.com/posts/8406445-murder-las-cruces-bowling-alley-massacre  

• If you have any information, you can find the necessary resources online, or call the Las Cruces Police Department at 575-528-4222. 
• Cruces Sun News file photo, Steven Teran and Melissa Repass. 

• Paula Holguin, age 6 and Valerie Teran, age 2 Photo Courtesy: Las Cruces Police Department 

 

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