Two sisters reported missing in El Paso were found safe, police said Friday morning. The recovery update identified the children as Eliana Ines Sanchez and Daisy Marie Sanchez, according to KTSM 9 News.
KTSM reported that police believed the girls were with their non-custodial parent, Mary Ines Rascon, and non-custodial grandparent, Ines Rascon. The police notification confirmed the girls had been located but, as described in the report, did not explain where or how they were found.
What the family-related description establishes
The description of the adults as non-custodial does not by itself establish that an abduction occurred. An Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention literature review defines parental abduction in terms of taking, retaining or concealing a child in violation of another family member’s custody or visitation rights; the available account does not establish whether that definition applies to the sisters’ case.
That distinction also matters for understanding alert criteria, not for inferring whether an alert was issued here. Texas Department of Public Safety guidance lists a preliminary investigation verifying an abduction and eliminating alternative explanations among the criteria for a statewide AMBER Alert. The information reported about the sisters does not say whether those criteria were assessed or met.
The case also sits within a larger national picture, though national figures cannot explain an individual recovery. The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children said it assisted law enforcement with 29,568 missing-child cases in 2024 and helped bring 91% of those children home. Those figures do not distinguish family-related cases or indicate a trend in El Paso.
