On the evening of February 23, 2011, 21-year-old Angelica Sandoval returned to her duplex in the 700 block of 13th Street in Alamosa, Colorado with her one-year-old daughter, a car seat, her phone, and some clean laundry. After carrying those items inside shortly before 10 p.m., she went back outside to retrieve her purse and the remaining laundry and did not return. About 10 to 15 minutes later her brother found the car’s back door open and the keys in the door lock; the purse was left either on the ground or on the car’s floorboard. Angelica’s cell phone and cigarettes were inside the house, items her family says she would not have left behind willingly.

Angelica had been the victim of a violent home invasion in November 2010. She identified an acquaintance, Jose Luis Meraz, as the attacker; he was arrested and charged with multiple felonies and Angelica was scheduled to testify about 10 days after she disappeared. With Angelica gone, the prosecution dropped the charges against Meraz, who was in custody on an unrelated matter and has denied involvement. Authorities and the family believe foul play occurred; several persons of interest have been identified but no arrests have been made.

Does anyone who knew Angelica or who was in Alamosa that night have information that could help explain what happened?