Michael Lee Montelongo was 5 years old when he disappeared from San Benito, Texas, on July 12, 1977. He was last seen playing outside his family’s home; his mother Enedelia Cavazos reported him missing that afternoon. An unconfirmed sighting placed a boy matching his description walking down Alamo Street, but no trace of Michael was ever found.

Investigators considered that he might have fallen into a drainage ditch near the home — he often played there and water levels were high — but no body was recovered and the cause of his disappearance remains unknown. Michael’s mother later left the area and lost contact with police; she passed a polygraph but remained under scrutiny. The case was classified as a non-family abduction. The investigation went inactive after the initial 1977 search and Michael has never been located.

Did anyone in San Benito at the time remember seeing a small boy near the drainage ditches or on Alamo Street that afternoon?