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Do you know who murdered Michelle Nina Sanchez in 1999?
In the summer of 1999, the life of a 19-year-old African-American woman named Michelle Nina Sanchez was tragically cut short. She was a mother to a young daughter and her family last saw her on July 14, 1999. Two days later, on the morning of July 16, her body was discovered along Interstate 40 at mile marker 230 in a desolate area of Torrance County, New Mexico.

Her death was immediately treated as a homicide, launching an investigation that has now spanned decades. Despite the efforts o ...Read More
Victim Details

Michelle Sanchez

December 16, 2022

Female

Black / African American

Torrance County

NM

1999-07-16

1999-07-14

1999-07-16

19

Michelle

Sanchez

11/07/2025


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