Police Release New Leads In Laura Ayala Case
$19,000 Reward Being Offered
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The bus company does not collect any other identifying information on its passengers, authorities said.The bus made three stops in the Rio Grande Valley in the cities of McAllen, Edinburg, and Hidalgo.Police said that a second bus line took the trio on to Mexico.The Noreste Bus line does confirm that three passengers from Houston transferred to a 6 a.m. bus to Reynosa on March 14, authorities said.Investigators said that they consider this an unconfirmed sighting of Laura and would like the public's help in locating any of the 12 passengers on the bus that night, including the couple that may have been with her.The two people named on the one-way tickets as traveling with Laura were Virginia Ramirez and Julio Barrios, authorities said.Police described Ramirez as being in her mid 30s, about 5 feet 5 inches tall, weighing 120 pounds, wavy shoulder length hair, and wearing a light blue dress.Barrios was described as being in his mid 40s, 5 feet 8 inches tall, weighing 160 pounds, with salt-and-pepper hair, a mustache, and wearing a white T-shirt and blue jeans.The other passengers and their final destinations are as follows: - Jose C. Lira -- Hidalgo
- Martha L. -- Hidalgo
- Jose Lira -- Hidalgo
- Juliana L. -- Hidalgo
- Eunice Leija -- Edinburg
- Edith Leija -- Edinburg
- Javier Pacheco -- McAllen
- Saul Gonzalez -- Hidalgo
- Carolina Candanosa -- McAllen
- Jesus Z -- McAllen
- April 17, 2002: Van May Hold Clue To Girl's Disappearance
- April 9, 2002: Authorities Release New Info In Laura Ayala Case
- March 29, 2002: Congresswoman Joins Search For Missing Girl
- March 22, 2002: Police Release More Photos Of Missing Girl
- March 19, 2002: Reward Increased For Missing Girl
- March 12, 2002: Search Intensifies For Missing Girl
- March 12, 2002: Police Search For Missing Girl
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