The Alphabet Murders: Circumstantial Vs. Direct Evidence
The Story Of A Rochester Unsolved Murder Case
The Hunt For A Missing Child
Carmen Colon lived with her grandparents in Rochester. The 10-year-old was from Puerto Rico and spoke little English.
She often ran errands around the neighborhood for her grandfather, Felix Colon, who sometimes came with her.
But, on November 16th, 1971, she insisted that she go to the pharmacy on her own to pick up Felix’s prescription.
As she waited for the pharmacist to fill the prescription, she wandered out of the drugstore and never returned.
Witnesses spotted her an hour later, around 12 miles from her home. The child was naked as she waved her arms and ran away from a vehicle backing up on the shoulder of the road.
Nobody stopped.
The onlookers told police that the vehicle was moving too fast for them to do anything or that they were rushing to get home.
A few days later, two teenage boys on bicycles passed a ditch. They thought they spotted a broken doll, but as they got closer, they realized it was a girl.
Carmen.
