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Trinidad Venegas, also known as Trini and Maria Trinidad Stegenga, was 24 when she vanished from her Holland, Michigan, home in the spring of 1979. She was last seen on April 27, 1979; that day she was at home and then gone, leaving behind her young son born in November 1975 in Rio Bravo, Mexico. In Michigan she lived with her sister Nicolasa and brother-in-law Lloyd Stegenga and worked at a local factory.

Accounts of what happened that day conflict. No missing person report was filed immediately, and family versions vary. A cousin who was babysitting the child said they saw Trinidad get into a station wagon, but it is unclear whether she left voluntarily or under duress. Over time key people, including her brother-in-law, have died, and the case remains cold. Her case is listed in NamUs under MP55801.

Did anyone in Holland or the surrounding area know Trinidad’s routines, the station wagon sighting, or have other information about her movements in April 1979?