Arellano Family Murders.

In 2007, Congress designated Sept. 25th as the National Day of Remembrance for Murder Victims.

In this 2020 news report, the investigator, Chief Deputy Darrell Volkmann, stated: I’m not able to sleep at night; sometimes I walk the floor, and I keep playing these photographs in the back of my mind. If you have any information about this case, contact Texas Crime Stoppers at 1-800-252-8477. You could be eligible for a $3,000 reward. You can remain anonymous. https://www.p3tips.com/tipform.aspx?ID=650 https://www.kens5.com/article/news/crime/true-crime/a-murder-mystery-thats-baffled-texas-lawmen-for-over-50-years/273-a52a0f84-dc53-4634-b887-f761f24efa4b

If you have any information about this case, contact Texas Crime Stoppers at 1-800-252-8477. You could be eligible for a $3,000 reward. You can remain anonymous. https://www.p3tips.com/tipform.aspx?ID=650 https://www.gosanangelo.com/story/news/local/2018/06/27/sonora-man-honors-victims-unsolved-killing-spree-memorial-marker/739517002/

  Photo courtesy of Skyway Classics. Credit: San Angelo Standard-Times. Photo courtesy of Skyway Classics. Credit: San Angelo Standard-Times. A witness reported that the person of interest was driving a 2-tone 1967 Chevrolet Fleetside Series 10 pickup with a white top and a green or blue bottom. If you have any information, contact Texas Crime Stoppers at 1-800-252-8477. You can remain anonymous. https://www.p3tips.com/tipform.aspx?ID=650

To catch the “big cowboy” who slaughtered five members of the Arellano family, a forensic artist provided this sketch. San Angelo Standard-Times (April 17, 1969) Photo courtesy of Gone Cold Podcast. Credit: San Angelo Standard-Times. White male, over 6 feet tall, and weighing about 200 pounds. 30–35 years of age with sandy hair, light eyebrows, and pockmarks or a rash on his neck. He wore a straw cowboy hat, had boots with an eagle design on the side, and his pants were tucked into them. He also wore a large hunting knife on his belt. Were you closely associated with the person of interest? Time can change how a witness wants to engage with the police. Investigators need your help. If you have any information, contact Texas Crime Stoppers at 1-800-252-8477. You can remain anonymous. https://www.p3tips.com/tipform.aspx?ID=650

Warning: Graphic Content. Arellano Family REFERENCE NUMBER: 256 – Unsolved COMPANY: D RACE: Hispanic SEX: Unknown CITY: COUNTY: Edwards RELATED YEAR: 1968 DETAILS: On April 16, 1968, the Arellano family (Juan, 29; Monica, 24; Rosa, 21; Eduardo, 1; Leticia, 2; and Manuel Jr., 5) were traveling from Mexico to San Angelo, Texas to meet with family members. Their car broke down, with a flat tire. Sometime after that, five (5) members of the family were murdered in rural Edwards County, south of Sonora, Texas. Their bodies were located near Highway U.S. 277. The victims had been shot, stabbed, beaten and Rosa had been sexually assaulted. Leticia died at the hospital two days later. The sole survivor of the incident was Manuel Arellano Jr. Over the years, multiple leads have been followed without success. This case remains one of the most heinous, unsolved, mass murders in Texas. As of this time, no pictures of the family are available. The victims were traveling in a white over blue, 1958 B...

 

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On April 16, 1968, five members of the Arellano family, Juan, 29, Monica, 24, Rosa, 21, Eduardo, 1, and Leticia, 2, were murdered in rural Edwards County, Texas. The sole survivor of this heinous crime was Manuel Jr., age 5. Anyone with information about the brutal murder of the Arellano family should contact Texas Crime Stoppers at 1-800-252-8477. You could be eligible for a $3,000 reward. You can remain anonymous. https://www.p3tips.com/tipform.aspx?ID=650

I established this page to provide information that will refresh the public’s memory about this case and generate credible tips. I believe there are people in either Edwards, Sutton, Tarrant, or Val Verde counties who have first-hand information about the brutal murder of the Arellano family. Please come forward. Contact Texas Crime Stoppers at 1-800-252-8477. You could be eligible for a $3,000 reward. You can remain anonymous. https://www.p3tips.com/tipform.aspx?ID=650 This website is not affiliated with any law enforcement agency. The content on this website is not monetized. Robert Jackson Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 405-574-0514 popsmoke@protonmail.com

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MICHAEL GRACZYK Feb. 3, 2006 Associated Press Writer When the tire on their 10-year-old Buick went flat in this rugged, isolated stretch of West Texas about 40 miles north of the Mexican border, it seemed merely an inconvenience for Manuel Arellano and his family. Arellano fixed the flat, but had another a few miles farther north. They relied on a Good Samaritan to take them another 30 miles up the lonely road to Sonora to get that tire repaired. What happened next has baffled authorities for nearly 40 years. A mile-long stretch of U.S. Highway 277 became a killing field, with family members shot, stabbed, raped and robbed. In all, five people died in what remains Texas’ oldest unsolved mass slaying. But thanks to an anonymous tip that reinvigorated the stalled investigation, a Texas Ranger assigned the case now believes authorities are close to cracking it. “I couldn’t give you a numerical value on our chances of solving it,” said Sgt. Brooks Long, who is responsible for a four-county...

  El Paso Times El Paso, Texas • Fri, Nov 21, 1969 Page 9 SONORA. Tex. (AP) Authorities brought a man back from California Thursday hoping he can help solve the mass murder of five members of a Mexican family. The murders occurred 18 months ago on a lonely stretch of highway between Sonora and Del Rio in West Texas. LAST TOO SEE. Sheriff and a state intelligence officer returned David Lordon from San Francisco. He was identified as a “material” witness, possibly the last man to see the family before the five met their killer. Sheriff Tom Henderson of Rocksprings. Edwards County, said. We have ruled him (Lordon) out as a suspect.” He said they wished him to see a man in Johnson City. However, Johnson City authorities indicated they were holding no one. The state intelligence officer, who declined use of his name, said, “This man may hold the key.” Five members of the Arellano family were murdered and another. Manuel Arellano Jr., who was four at the time, ” suffered multiple stab an...

The Baytown Sun Baytown, Texas • Thu, Jan 1, 1970 Page 14 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baytown-sun-01011970/31149389/