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Steven Saenz Teran

Case from Las Cruces, NM dated Feb 10, 1990

Victim Details

Steven Saenz Teran

Male

Hispanic / Latino

Las Cruces

NM

1990-02-10

26

Steven

Saenz Teran

06/24/2026

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On a tragic Saturday morning, February 10, 1990, the life of 26-year-old Steven Saenz Teran, a male mechanic, was brutally cut short in what would become one of Las Cruces, New Mexico's most infamous and heartbreaking unsolved crimes. That morning, Steven went to his workplace, the Las Cruces Bowl, with his two young daughters, six-year-old Paula Holguin and two-year-old Valerie Teran. He was intending to leave them in the care of the bowling alley's daycare. Unbeknownst to him, a horrific scene ...
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  • Las Cruces bowling alley massacre - Wikipedia
  • Steven Saenz Teran (1963-1990) - Find a Grave Memorial
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