Pueblo family missing Mary

A family in Pueblo is searching for a piece of their faith.

A Virgin Mary statue that has stood next to the Montelongo’s porch for years went missing sometime during the night on August 8 th or early August 9 th .

“I came to tell my wife and she asked why are you so sad? I said look, it’s gone,” said 90-year-old Domingo Montelongo. “I’m devastated.”

Domingo and his wife Sadie and five generations of family are used to walking by the statue daily.

“It’s just a statue but that thing it represents, protection. I feel real sad,” Sadie Montelongo said.

There is a lot to protect…the immediate family down to great-great grandchildren number around 90.

“If the people that took it need it, go ahead and keep it. But take good care of her because we miss her a lot,” Sadie said.

If not, the family just asks that whoever took it will just bring her back, no questions asked.