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Severed penis found on NM family's doorstep Law enforcement in New Mexico are looking for a man who is missing his penis. Share Shares Copy Link Copy

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WEBVTT REALLY WEIRD COLD CASE; AND WHAT COULD BE, A VERY BRUTAL CRIME. OFFICERS IN NEW MEXICO ARE LOOKING FOR A MAN WHO IS MISSING HIS PENIS. AND IF THAT'S NOT STRANGE ENOUGH... TARGET 7'S NANCY LAFLIN SHARES WHAT INVESTIGATORS THINK MAY HAVE HAPPENED. IT IS A COMMUNITY WHERE LOTS OF FOLKS GO TO GET AWAY FROM IT ALL. QUIET. PEACEFUL. TRANQUIL. MOST OF THE TIME. BUT THERE'S A CRIME IN TORRANCE COUNTY.... THAT'S STILL UNSOLVED. A DISTURBING COLD CASE THAT MIGHT MAKE YOU ....WINCE. "investigators tell us..it was 7 years ago ...a typical fall morning..when a torrance county woman opened her front door ...and on her porch.. well..lets just say it wasn't a newspaper." THAT WOMAN CALLED 911. "we arrived on scene and identified it as a male appendage...and started our investigation from there." A MAN'S PENIS...ON THE DOORSTEP OF THE HOME OF A TORRANCE COUNTY FAMILY. SHERIFF HEALTH WHITE SAYS INVESTIGATORS SEARCHED A MASSIVE, EXTENSIVE AREA IN THE COUNTY ON HORSEBACK, FOOT AND ATV... "we were trying to locate either a body or what took place here. Did a violent crime happen or was there some other circumstance of how this got there." BUT DEPUTIES NEVER FOUND A BODY. THEY SENT THE PENIS TO A CRIME LAB TO TEST IT FOR DNA..AND SEARCHED FOR INFORMATION ON ANYONE WHO MIGHT BE MISSING IN THE AREA. 7 YEARS LATER...THE CASE REMAINS UNSOLVED. AND....PERPLEXING. "we may find a leg or we may find a body part here and there... but we've never found a male appendage before without a body." THE SHERIFF..A SEASONED COP...HAS SOME THEORIES THOUGH. "this was a home sex change...but you don't know...or was this a murder or a cartel related issue where this was made to make a statement." OR HE SAYS...IN SOME CULTURES...IF SOMEONE IS CAUGHT MOLESTING A CHILD.... "it is within the culture for the family members to pretty much take care of their business and remove that body part themselves." BUT THE SHERIFF SAYS IN THIS CASE... ABSOLUTELY NONE OF THOSE THORIES WERE AT ALL TIED TO THE FAMILY WHO DISCOVERED THE PENIS. AND NOW STILL ...YEARS LATER..... THIS CASE...HAS GROWN COLD. FOR TARGET 7...I'M NANCY LAFLIN. SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS ASKING ANYONE WITH LEGITIMATE INFORMATION TO CONTACT THEM.