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The Elizabeth Ennen murder case shocked the community in Lubbock, Texas.

In January 2011, she was brutally killed by someone she knew. The cops initially believed she had escaped with her lover. But they eventually found out something much worse. 

They spent several hours watching the tape before concluding the case. 

According to her family, she was a talented student who loved reading. She was described as being attractive and kind, always thinking of others. 

On January 4, 2011, after babysitting a friend’s child, she didn’t return home, which shocked her family. 

The police discovered Elizabeth’s body in a field outside of the city after nearly three weeks of searching. Her body was identified via fingerprints. 

According to the autopsy report, she was strangled to death.

The television program “See No Evil: The Vanishing Babysitter” on Investigation Discovery depicts the story of Elizabeth Ennen, a 15-year-old. 

Let’s dip deeper into the details of Elizabeth Ennen murder mystery and how the video footage helped in arresting her murderer. 

What happened to Elizabeth Ennen?

Elizabeth was babysitting for Humberto Bert Maldanado Salinas Jr. She agreed to babysit for him because she wanted to earn money to buy a birthday present for her brother. 

She went to a motel called Carriage House Motel for her babysitting job. 

Her family expected her to be back home around midnight. But her mom, Virginia, got worried when she didn’t return by 1:30 am.

Surprisingly, Bert came to their house and said he had found a purse that Elizabeth had left behind. 

He claimed he had dropped her off at home just 15 minutes earlier. But Virginia knew her daughter hadn’t come inside the house. 

She checked Elizabeth’s room and tried calling her on her phone, only to discover that Elizabeth had left her phone at home. 

Virginia called the police while Bert stayed with her. At first, the police thought Elizabeth had run away like many other teenagers. 

But her aunt, Mary, said Elizabeth would never leave without her phone.

Bert even helped the family look for Elizabeth by giving out flyers and asking neighbors if they had seen her. 

The police first focused their investigation on Bert’s 19-year-old son, who was dating Elizabeth.

But later, the police changed their focus and started looking at Bert himself. He had a long history of doing bad things, like hurting people and children. 

The video footage revealed the shocking truth behind Elizabeth Ennen Murder

The police watched video footage from the motel on the night of January 4. They saw Bert walking back to the room where Elizabeth was babysitting at around 10:45 pm. 

Moreover, the video showed Elizabeth quickly leaving the room with her purse at 11:47 pm. She looked scared and worried. 

Bert followed her closely. The detectives saw Bert holding Elizabeth’s arm tightly as they went back to the room. 

They left the room and proceeded down the corridor eight minutes later. 

Elizabeth attempted to run away from Bert at one point, but he was too powerful, so she was forced to go to the parking lot.

When the police showed Bert the video, he confessed to killing Elizabeth.

He also led them to the place where he had hidden her body.

The Ennen family was heartbroken because Bert had been their friend for many years. They even helped him when he didn’t have a place to stay.

Where is the killer now?

In April 2012, Bert, then 46, pled guilty to capital murder and admitted to killing Beth after he kidnapped her. 

Matt Powell, a former criminal district attorney for Lubbock County, described how he had trouble deciding whether to take Bert’s case to trial or grant him a settlement. 

The prosecution decided to grant the family closure while putting Bert in prison forever. 

Bert pleaded guilty and was given a life sentence in jail without the chance of release. 

The 57-year-old is reportedly serving a life term at the H. H. Coffield Unit in Tennessee Colony, Texas.

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