Name: Rosa Maria Valentin
Case Classification: Endangered Missing
Missing Since: July 26, 1986
Location Last Seen: Hartford, Connecticut
Date of Birth: Circa 1970
Age: 16 years
Race: Hispanic
Gender: Female
Height: 5'2
Weight: 115 lbs
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Brown
Nickname/Alias: Rosita or Coco
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Mole on her right cheek
Dentals: Not available
Fingerprints: Not available
DNA: Not available
Clothing: Cotton shirt with numbers on it, blue jeans and a smock from Battistons cleaners, white shoes
Jewelry: Necklace that had a silver chain and a unicorn charm.
Additional Personal Items: She was also carrying a black pockebook with long straps.
Rosa Valentin was last seen on July 26, 1986, walking home from work. Witnesses told police that she was picked up by a Hispanic man driving a white Ford Mustang Cobra. She was never seen again. She was seen with registered sex offender, Pedro Miranda, from New Britain. Rosa had told her sister that she had recently met Miranda and "thought he was nice." Miranda was interviewed Hartford police. He denied being with Rosa and said he last saw her on July 25, the day before she disappeared.
Pedro Miranda was charged in December 2008 in connection to the homicides of Rosa Valentin and two other Hartford girls during the 1980s, 13-year-old Mayra Cruz and Carmen Lopez, 17. DNA found on Carmen Lopez's body matched Miranda, who police had looked as they investigated the disappearance of the other girls. Valentin's body has never been found, and she is presumed dead.
Agency Name: Hartford Police Department
Agency Contact Person: Detective Michael Sheldon
Agency Phone Number: 860-667-6292
Agency E-Mail: cold.case@po.state.ct.us
Agency Case Number: 86-35047
NamUs Case Number: MP #3549
NCMEC Case Number: NCMC1110272
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State of Connecticut
Added: Prior to 2011; Last Updated: 05-18-2022 - By: Htmlcnvtr
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** Listed information is from the time of disappearance.
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