Angelica Frausto was 17 and from El Paso when she disappeared after being seen on August 8, 1987, riding on a motorcycle with a man later identified as David Leonard Wood. Frausto had a history of running away from home from about age 12, had left Henderson Middle School where she’d been in a behavioral program, and worked as an underage dancer at the Red Flame bar on Dyer Street. She remained in regular contact with her grandmother and was reported missing on September 16, 1987.

Her remains were found November 3, 1987, in a shallow grave in a desert area of Northeast El Paso; family members later stated she had been buried alive. The discovery was part of a larger investigation into multiple disappearances and murders of young women with similar backgrounds. David Leonard Wood, a convicted sex offender seen with several victims, was arrested October 24, 1987, in an unrelated sexual assault and kidnapping case and became the prime suspect; he was later convicted of multiple murders and received a death sentence.

Does anyone who knew Angelica or her family, or who remembers that area and time in 1987, have information that could add detail to her last days?