Deniece Herreras

Deniece L. Herreras, property 36, vanished from Bronx, New York connected oregon adjacent December 15, 1976.

Little is known astir Deniece’s aboriginal life. The earliest grounds I could find placed her successful Monterey Park, California successful 1963 with her past husband, Armand P. Herreras.

By 1966, Deniece and Armand had moved to the Buffalo, New York country and Deniece had go known successful the assemblage arsenic a user advocate. She’d written aggregate letters to the newspaper, and joined groups. She was opposed to the advertizing gimmicks utilized to propulsion unhealthy foods connected consumers.

In 1970, Deniece decided to tally arsenic a Democratic campaigner for the State Assembly. Although she was endorsed by immoderate assemblage groups and seemed to beryllium gaining traction, she dropped retired of the contention successful October. She rapidly had a alteration of heart, though, and re-entered conscionable earlier the election. She yet lost, though.

During the clip that Deniece was campaigning, her hubby seemed to beryllium precise supportive. He was featured successful a quality nonfiction for his willingness to cook, attraction for their children and support location truthful Deniece could absorption connected her candidacy.

Following the disappointing election, Deniece and her hubby filed for bankruptcy, citing run expenses arsenic the superior origin of their fiscal troubles. Deniece told a newsman that she received lone $100 successful contributions and had spent astir $5000 retired of pocket. She feared losing her location and conveyance arsenic a effect of the bankruptcy.

Deniece filed for divorce, and it was finalized successful the Bronx successful 1974.

Two years later, Deniece vanished. The circumstances of her disappearance aren’t known; her household reported her missing erstwhile they could nary longer scope her arsenic each calls to her location successful the Bronx went unanswered. She was past seen by relatives connected Thanksgiving of 1976, and she’d been spoken to connected the telephone aft that, but each interaction stopped successful mid to precocious December.

It’s not wide wherever the children were during this time; I haven’t seen immoderate denotation that they were near location alone, though it’s apt she had custody of them. It was beauteous uncommon for a azygous begetter to beryllium granted custody successful the 1970’s.

Deniece was ne'er heard from again, and contempt the information that she’d been a good known governmental fig backmost successful Buffalo, her disappearance didn’t person immoderate media sum (that I could find, anyway).

Even astir 50 years later, determination doesn’t look to beryllium overmuch denotation that anyone is investigating Deniece’s case. I did spot a preview connected Google of a Facebook remark posted by 1 of her grandchildren, but it appears that the archetypal station they commented connected has since been removed, truthful I wasn’t capable to spot the full comment. It was conscionable this snippet:

It says she went missing from Marion Avenue, truthful I’m guessing that’s wherever her flat was. I cognize the Bronx had a precise precocious transgression complaint successful the 1970’s, but I’m not acquainted capable with the country to remark connected that peculiar thoroughfare oregon neighborhood.

Sources:

NamUs

Newspapers.com

Ancestry.com