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On the morning of February 10, 1990, at the Las Cruces Bowl in Las Cruces, New Mexico, two unidentified Hispanic men entered the bowling alley before it opened and carried out a robbery that turned into mass murder. The men held the manager, her daughter, her daughter’s friend, and a cook at gunpoint, then took about $4,000 to $5,000 from the safe. When 26-year-old mechanic Steven Teran arrived shortly after 8:00 a.m. with his daughters because no babysitter was available, the assailants opened fire at point-blank range and later set the office on fire to destroy evidence.

Seven people were shot; three initially survived, but Valerie Teran, age two, was rushed to hospital and pronounced dead on arrival. Steven Teran, six-year-old Paula Holguin, and 13-year-old Amy Houser died at the scene. Law enforcement established roadblocks and used aircraft in the immediate search, but the two suspects disappeared and no arrests have been announced.

What details might someone who lived or worked near the bowling alley in February 1990 remember that could help finally identify those two men?