The family of a missing elderly couple from Bovina is holding onto hope more than a week after their disappearance.
On Jan. 20, a Silver Alert was sent out for Rosendo Lara. It was soon discovered that his wife, Hortencia Aguillon Lara, was missing as well.
They left behind three sons, three daughters and numerous grandchildren.
“Since the last three years, they’ve been like little kids,” Ezekiel Lara, the couple’s son, said. “They were running around the house playing tag. Now it’s hard to come to this house and not see them here.”
It is believed that the couple left their Bovina home for Clovis, New Mexico, but they have not been seen since.
“I haven’t lost my faith,” Ezekiel said. “I know someone out there is going to find them. They’re somewhere out there. I can feel it in my heart.”
Parmer County Sheriff’s Office, Bovina Police Department, Texas Department of Public Safety and DPS Aviation have searched Parmer County have all been involved in the search. Ezekiel and his sister are taking matters into their own hands as well.
“Me and my sister, we’ve been to San Antiono, Austin, Laredo,” Lara said. “Now she’s headed to El Paso handing out fliers. We’re trying to pass out fliers around South Texas in case they crossed the border.”
Churches from Bovina have had several prayer groups in hopes of the couple’s return.
“Everything we’re going through right now has a purpose,” Ezekiel said. “We’re sad and crying, but we’re sticking together as a family.”
Local middle school students made a memory chain and bows, which now hang in the couple’s front yard.
“The bows are a sign to us that they’re helping us and support us as we look for them,” Ezekiel Lara Jr., the couple’s grandson, said.
(Story from myhighplains.com)
