Name: Emma Frances Tresp
Case Classification: Endangered Missing
Missing Since: August 31, 1998
Location Last Seen: Santa Rosa, Guadalupe County, New Mexico
Date of Birth: November 25, 1926
Age: 71 years old
Race: White
Gender: Female
Height: 5'6-5'7"
Weight: 120-135 lbs.
Hair Color: Graying, brown
Eye Color: Green
Nickname/Alias: Emma H. Tresp.
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Light complexion. Wears eyeglasses. Small mole right side of nose; varicose veins. Medical: Good physical shape without any medical problems.
Dentals: Upper and lower dentures.
Fingerprints: Unknown
DNA: Unknown
Clothing: Slacks, t-shirt, athletic shoes. "Mother's" ring.
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Unknown
Emma Tresp was last seen when she stopped for gas in Santa Rosa, New Mexico on August 31, 1998, at 15.00.
She had left her daughter's home in Stillwater, Oklahoma on August 31, 1998. She was planning to drive to a religious retreat at the Our Lady of Guadalupe Abbey Monastery in Pecos, New Mexico. She was familiar with the route to the monastery. Mrs. Tresp never arrived.
To get to the monastery from Interstate 25, she should have taken State Highway 63 but drove instead on County Road 63A and then turned on the rough forest road that leads to the Glorieta fire tower.
Her vehicle was located, abandoned and bottomed-out, on September 13, 1998, on a remote, rough road in a heavily wooded area, on Forest Road 375, near the Glorieta Baldy Peak in the Santa Fe National Forest. It was disabled and locked. Most of Tresp's belongings, including her purse and cellular telephone, were locked inside. It appeared Emma had attempted to walk for help and vanished.
Agency Name: New Mexico State Police
Agency Contact Person: Criminal Investigations Section
Agency Phone Number: 505-827-9126
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: 98-23-1-0168
NCIC Case Number: M-900909153
National Center for Missing Adults
Emma Tresp
The Dallas Morning News
Added: 3-9-2007; Last Updated: 05-18-2022 - By: Htmlcnvtr
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** Listed information is from the time of disappearance.
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