The Unsolved Las Cruces Bowling Alley Massacre
31 years after the murders, the killers are still free.
Shortly after 8 am, on the 10th of February 1990, police received a call from a distressed child, who claimed she’d been shot in the head. The girl was one of seven who’d been attacked at Las Cruces Bowl that morning and the motive appeared to be money, but was that all?
That Saturday had started like any other. 34-year-old Stephanie Senac was at the bowling alley, getting ready for the busy day ahead, and her daughter Melissa Repass tagged along with her. The business was a family affair, while Stephanie managed the day to day running of the business, her father Ron owned the bowling alley.
12-year-old Melissa and her friend Amy Houser, 13, were working at the daycare facility in the bowling alley that day and were preparing the space. The alley’s chef, Ida, was in the kitchen, firing up the fryers and getting ready for the onslaught of children she’d be feeding.
A short time later, Steve Senac, Stephanie’s brother and Melissa’s uncle, arrived at the bowling alley to pick up a bag he’d left there. When he arrived, he saw that the front doors were open and that two men were walking through the car park from the back of the building. One was much older than the other and Steve saw them pass a small…
