Missing
Deborah Suzzette Hernandez Moberg
Deborah, approximately 1987
Date and time person was reported missing : 01/09/1987
Missing location (approx) :
San Antonio, Texas
Missing classification : Endangered Missing
Gender : Female
Ethnicity :
White
DOB : 12/13/1968 (52)
Age at the time of disappearance: 18 years old
Height / Weight : 5'3, 100 pounds
Description, clothing, jewerly and more : A light blue long-sleeved sweater and blue jeans.
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: Caucasian female. Brown hair. Deborah's nickname is Debbie.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Deborah was last seen in San Antonio, Texas on January 9, 1987. She was abducted from her home by her stepfather, Ray Moberg, on January 7, two days before she was last seen. Ray also abducted her eight-year-old half-sister and released the child at her grandmother's house the following day, but Deborah has never been heard from again.
Ray was later captured and charged with molesting Deborah's half-sister, who is his biological daughter. For six months he refused to say where Deborah was. Then he admitted he had shot her to death and disposed of her body in a dumpster.
Extensive searches for Deborah's body were fruitless, but authorities believed Ray's story. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to life in prison for Deborah's homicide. Ray is also serving time for burglary and Gender : ually assaulting three children. He has repeatedly been denied parole in the years since 1987.
Deborah's half-sister told police that while her father was holding her captive, he was driving Deborah's red Ford Mustang hatchback. At one point he pulled up near a body of water with cattails and telephone poles and dropped something out of the back of the vehicle.
Police searched various places for Deborah's body, but it has never been located. She was a senior at MacArthur High School in 1987. Foul play is suspected in her case due to the circumstances involved.
Other information and links : ncy
San Antonio Police Department
210-207-7484
September 2021 updates and sources
Parents of Murdered Children
The Doe Network
The Dallas Morning News
The San Antonio Express-News
The New Braunfels Herald
Interactive Missing Person Search Map
