DEISY HERRERA - 3 yo (1987) - Bakersfield CA

Twenty three years ago, a three-year-old girl went missing from her east
Bakersfield home. The high-profile abduction case went cold after
numerous leads never led to a suspect. But now a group of retired
Sheriff's deputies are reopening the case they say has stuck with them
all these years.

In 1987, Sheriff's deputies searched the east
Bakersfield neighborhood area for signs of Deisy Herrera who went
missing from her front yard while playing with her siblings.

"Maybe if I had done something different, if I had just paid more attention,
because you know there's a lot of bad people, but you never think it's
going to happen to you," said Eva Hernandez, Deisy's mother.

The girl's mother says she thinks a stranger took Deisy, but after numerous
leads and years of investigating no clues have turned up.

Back then, Sheriff's deputies say the case frustrated them, and the mystery
surrounding Deisy's disappearance has stuck for twenty three years.

That's why a group of retired deputies have decided to reopen the case to see if they can come up with a new clue.

"Maybe a different set of eyes and ears can unturn something that was
overlooked at that given time or maybe something else has arisen," said
retired Sheriff's deputy J.R. Rodriguez.

Deputies say with their free time, they plan to go back to the neighborhood and talk with Herrera's family and neighbors.

Although deputies say the possibility of finding Deisy is slim, it's not impossible.

Police identified Jaycee Lee Dugard just last year after she went missing from her Lake Tahoe home more than 18 years earlier.

Despite the time lapse, Deisy's mother says she still holds hope her daughter will be found alive.

If you have any information on Deisy Herrera's disappearance you are urged
to call the Sheriff's Department at 391-7500 and you can remain anonymous.

Details of Disappearance:

Herrera was last seen playing with her siblings in the front yard of their family's residence in Kern, California on December 28, 1987. She disappeared and has not been heard from again.

Authorities considered Gene Estel McCurdy a possible suspect in Herrera's abduction. McCurdy was sentenced to death in California in 1997 for the 1995 abduction and murder of an eight-year-old girl. Investigators believe he may have been involved in several other abductions or murders, including Herrera's case. McCurdy has maintained his innocence in all charges and allegations. There have been no arrests in Herrera's case and her disappearance reamains unsolved.
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