ALEJANDRA SALCIDO - 16 yo - Canutillo / El Paso TX

A Canutillo couple desperately search for answers about what might have
happened to their 16-year-old daughter who disappeared a week ago.Alejandra Salcido, a junior at Canutillo High School, was last seen
getting off a school bus in front of her school shortly before 8 a.m.
Sept. 10. The teen phoned her mother about 5:20 p.m. and asked her to
pick her up at school in 10 minutes.

Alejandra's mother, Ariana Salcido, waited outside the school and
searched the building for an hour. Her daughter never appeared.An hour later, Ariana Salcido and her husband, Enrique Salcido, received a telephone call from Alejandra's friend. The girl told them
Alejandra had sent her a text message asking her to tell the Salcidos
to pick her up in Northern Juárez near the U.S. Consulate General of
Ciudad Juárez.That was the last time anyone heard from the teen.Ariana Salcido said she and her husband immediately drove to Ejército Nacional and Paseo de la Victoria avenues when they got the call from
their daughter's friend. When they arrived they canvassed the area and
asked people in a shopping center if they had seen the girl.
No one reported seeing her.The couple has repeatedly tried calling their daughter's cell phone but
it goes straight to voicemail. They have returned to Juárez several
times, desperately looking for their daughter or trying to find
answers. Each time they visit the Northern area, hospitals, juvenile
courts and the Red Cross.The Salcido's reported
the girl's disappearance with Juárez authorities, but they refused to
take the case because Alejandra disappeared from El Paso, Ariana
Salcido said. She said she has been in contact with an El Paso Police
Department detective. "I'm restless. I'm very sad. I think about all the horrible things that
could have happened to her," Ariana Salcido said. She said her daughter
was a good girl who wouldn't have runaway from home. Alejandra, she said, had just started attending Canutillo this year. Most of Alejandra's friends belong to her previous school, Coronado
High School, she said. The teen, she said, had just started making acquaintances at her new school and she didn't know anyone well. There have been rumors, she said, that Alejandra and other students
from Canutillo were at a party in Juárez when they were supposed to be
at school the day she disappeared. School officials confirmed Alejandra didn't attend classes, Ariana
Salcido said. But students refuse to say whether they were in Juárez or
not."So many things cross my mind. I don't know if she went to Juárez and
someone grabbed her and hurt her," she said. "I don't know what to
think anymore."Alejandra is 5 feet 5 inches tall about 130 pounds. She has brown hair and highlights.Anyone with information about the teen is asked to call police at
832-4400. Friends of the Salcidos have also set up a MySpace.com Web
page at www.myspace.com/alejandravanished for people who want to send
information.Stephanie Sanchez may be reached at ssanchez@elpasotimes.com; 546-6137.

There is a humble man mourning the mysterious disappearance of his
daughter. It was a Thursday like any other, waking up to the grind of a
grueling work day. The War on Drugs was just another hot topic on the
newspaper of the 10th of September of 2009. The time was 5:30 pm, and
this vivacious young 16 year old daughter called her mother to pick her
up at her high school. The mother drove and sat there and searched for
over an hour and Alejandra seemed to have just vanished. The confused
mother retreated to the house where the father had been waiting, when
they get a telephone call from a friend of Alejandra. She states that
Alejandra had not been at the school where she stated but that she was
across the border in Juarez wanting her parents to pick her up at the
Mercado by the US Consulate Office. What seemed like a short drive was
an eternity and when the parents arrived they were pelted with the
reality that their little girl was nowhere to be found. Shopkeepers
weren't saying a peep, the parents were dazed and confused, and they
have maintained that same lost look as that fate-less Thursday!
Alejandra vanished, could she have been assaulted, kidnapped, lost,
hurt, alive, or dead? Were they ever to hear her sweet melodic voice,
see the joy in her eyes, feel her rhythm of her dance? An answer has
yet to be found, and the police on both sides of the border don't want
to be bothered with another foolish teenager. Alejandra is not just
another foolish teenager or a case number or a bother, she is a
daughter, an old sister to three, a cousin, a friend, a classmate and
above all a Human Being. Could she be a statistic on the War on Drugs,
we may never know but we speculate. We contemplate the possibility that
she was snatched from the streets of Juarez, stuck in an unknown gloomy
world involving the hideous crimes that seem to unfold daily on our
Newspapers. Now we wish that the War on Drugs was much more than just
another great headline for the newspapers, we hoped that this was not a
fight that this new generation has had to fight. We want no more
carnage, no more superseded death tally's, no more mysterious
disappearances, no more addiction, no more drug possessed lost causes.
We want progress, we want answers and most of all we want Alejandra
Salcido back at home with her parents planning a fruitful future that
is ripe.

About me:

I was last seen getting on the school bus to
Canutillo High School. I called my mom to come get me at school on the
afternoon of 9/10/09 at 5:30 and then after that nobody has seen or
heard from me. I am a minor of age and if you know where I am, my
parents would really like to know and so would the police.
My Name is Alejandra Salcido - Garcia, My nickname is Ale or Crunch. I
am a Junior at Canutillo High School and I used to go to Coronado High
School. I'm about 5'5" and I weigh 130 lbs. I have brown hair with
highlights now, and sometimes I wear it curly with mousse. I'm a
hispanic female, with brown eyes too. I'm only 16 years of age.
If you have seen me, or heard from me since 9/10/09 , please send this
page a message or if you know of any information, or you would like to
help look for me, please call 911 or 915-832-4400. The police are also
looking for me.
This page was setup by the Parents of Alejandra in the efforts to try
to be reunited with their oldest daughter. They want to send a message
to Alejandra. "We miss you, and love you, and we want you back safely.
If you ran away, we are not mad, we are just worried about you and your
safety. Please call us, we will send you money, or we will go pick you
up. Te queremos mucho mija, y ojala estes bien, por favor llamanos o a
la policia. Estamos muy preocupados.

The three-week disappearance of a 16-year-old Canutillo High School student remained a mystery Tuesday. Police
officials said they suspect that the teen might have voluntarily left
her home. But her parents, Ariana and Enrique Salcido, are not
convinced.

Alejandra Salcido, a junior at Canutillo, was
reportedly last seen the morning of Sept. 10. Her parents were told she
got off a school bus in front of her school, but no one seems to know
what happened next. Javier Sambrano, a police spokes man, said
it appeared that Alejandra ran away and that foul play was not
suspected. Detectives, he said, continue their efforts to find her. But, Ariana Salcido said, there was no reason for daughter to have run away. Her daughter, she said, had never run away before."We
have always gotten along. We would all, as a family, go out together
around town and to parties. We always treated her well at home. There
was no reason for her to run away, like they say," she said. "I also don't understand why she told a friend that we go pick her up in Juárez."The
day she vanished, Alejandra's friend called Ariana and Enrique Salcido
to tell them Alejandra had sent her a text message. In the message,
Alejandra asked the friend to tell the Salcidos to pick her up near the
U.S. Consulate in Juárez.An hour before, Ariana Salcido said,
her daughter had called and asked her to pick her up at school in 10
minutes. Ariana Salcido said she waited outside the school and then searched the building. Alejandra never appeared. There
have been allegations that Alejandra and other students from Canutillo
were at a party in Juárez. But no students have come forward with
information. Alejandra had just started attending Canutillo
after transferring from Coronado High School. Most of her friends go to
her old school, her mother said. Patricia Tidwell, a Canutillo
Independent School District spokeswoman, said the school was fully
cooperating with detectives. She said the district has opened its
records to police and has helped put them in contact with students. Ariana
Salcido said she and her husband have not given up hope. They continue
to search for their daughter in Juárez, visiting hospitals, juvenile
courts and the Red Cross. "We don't know what to believe or
think. We don't know what is the truth. If she left or someone took
her," she said. "If someone knows something about her, please call
police. If you have seen her, tell her her family and house is waiting
for her."Alejandra is 5 feet, 5 inches tall and weighs about 130 pounds. She has brown hair with highlights. Anyone
with information should call police at 832-4400. Friends of the
Salcidos have also set up a MySpace.com Web page at
www.myspace.com/alejandravanished for people who want to send
information.

http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/PubCaseSearchServlet?act=viewChildDetail&caseNum=1138818&orgPrefix=NCMC&seqNum=1&caseLang=en_US&searchLang=en_US

she is still missing -
Maria Alejandra Garcia - please contact your parents, the police department or us at www.justice4caylee.org to let us know you are ok. You have been missing since January 9, 2010 and everyone is worried about you.

This is strange! Why the two different Missing dates??? The NCMEC poster says January and yet the MySpace page says September '09...hmmm?

alejandra salcido - wanted poster is maria

http://www.missingkids.com/missingki...31620&seqNum=1

Picture at link: NCMEC Poster for Alejandra
ALEJANDRA SALCIDO
Case Type: Endangered Runaway
DOB: Apr 4, 1993
Sex: Female
Missing Date: Sep 10, 2009
Race: Hispanic
Age Now: 16
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
Missing City: EL PASO Weight: 130 lbs (59 kg)
Missing State : TX
Hair Color: Brown
Missing Country: United States
Eye Color: Brown
Case Number: NCMC1131620
Circumstances: Alejandra was last seen on September 10, 2009. She may
travel to Mexico. Alejandra's ears are pierced and she has blonde
highlights in her hair. Her nickname is Ale.

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the link is not working - i wonder if she has been located-

From: posters@ncmec.org

Subject: Missing Child Poster Partner Recovery
To:
Date: Wednesday, April 14, 2010, 10:33 AM

Dear Poster Partner:

Alejandra Salcido missing from El Paso, TX, has been recovered. Please
discontinue dissemination of this poster. Your participation in this
program has made a valuable contribution to this recovery.

Please remove and discard any posters on this case that you have placed
in public view.

Thank you for your support.

The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
Visit our web site at www.missingkids.com.