A man of few words, he had had a rough childhood, fatherless at the age of 9, and was crushed when two of his closest siblings passed away when he was a young man. He married young fathered his first born son, but separated, lived with two other ladies and fathered his second son and first born daughter, he then married again and fathered one more daughter, but she passed and then he had another daughter, but he was still emotionally immature and left. He was not the father type as he described it, and didn't raise any of his children though he loved them very much. His youngest son at the age of 16 was killed by a child molester in Ogden Utah in 1985, his name Leon Zerfas the 3rd, he was stabbed in the heart with a knife, defending his sisters from the molester monster who had just been released from jail the following day, after the molestation had been reported the night before. (#100299244)
Leon had been a student at Highlands University and ran an antique store in Las Vegas, New Mexico called El Tecolote. He enjoyed the art of welding unique styles of bone mobiles and decorative iron fencing, reading, collecting old records, attending AA and loved motorcycles.
Sadly, he left this earth without telling anyone about what happened to baby David Joseph Miera in 1970.
Back then Leon Zerfas was on and off with two girlfriend's he had gotten pregnant and lived intermittently with one and then the other. On or around November of 1969 Zerfas left Dixon and united with the other girlfriend and traveled with her and their 7 month old son in her truck to Florida. There was domestic abuse and it escalated while they were in Florida his girlfriend and child were both injured, his child sustained severe head trauma and was later hospitalized for a long time. Leon reportedly stole the that girlfriend's truck before showing up in Dixon at Genie's home a day or so after the 1970 New Year.
David lived with his mom Genie Miera and a long-term live-in boyfriend Leon Zerfas who was father to their unborn daughter due in January. They lived in the Canoncito area up on a mountain embankment a bit north of the town of Dixon, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico across the road from a commune during the hippie movement of the late 1960's. They had no transportation so when Genie went into labor she was taken to the Embudo Hospital some miles near Dixon, New Mexico by her sister and her brother-in-law who had a truck and lived across the way. Genie left David in the care of Zerfas. Genie had a difficult birth and had to stay a few days at the hospital. The following day or so Genie waved at David in his new Christmas cloths through the glass window from the Embudo, hospital with Zerfas in the parking lot, it was the last time she said she saw David, on or about January 11, 1970. Zerfas claimed to have given David away to some hippies who lived in a bus named Philips or Phelps. On another occasion Zerfas told Genie that his sister came up from Mexico and took David temporarily, only to give her a break while she recovered and took care of their newborn baby daughter.
As time passed Genie began to wonder where was this sister and or where were the bus people. What made matters worse was that she and her newborn were victims of domestic abuse by Zerfas. In August of 1970 she accompanied Zerfas to Calif where she met his sister Diana, but she did not have her son David. A short time later Genie and her newborn daughter got safely away from Zerfas.
In January of 1971 Genie's went to Albuquerque and filed David's missing child report with the Albuquerque city police. Time would pass and Genevive tried to pressure the police to help her, and some did, but others to no avail as there were no resources for missing children back then, so David's cold case gathered dust. Days turned into months and months into years, but Genie never gave up, her dying wish was to find David. After Genie tragically and suddenly passed away her daughter got David's case re-opened and it remains so. If you know anything about David's whereabouts, please contact the State police Investigations unit of Rio Arriba, thank you.
A man of few words, he had had a rough childhood, fatherless at the age of 9, and was crushed when two of his closest siblings passed away when he was a young man. He married young fathered his first born son, but separated, lived with two other ladies and fathered his second son and first born daughter, he then married again and fathered one more daughter, but she passed and then he had another daughter, but he was still emotionally immature and left. He was not the father type as he described it, and didn't raise any of his children though he loved them very much. His youngest son at the age of 16 was killed by a child molester in Ogden Utah in 1985, his name Leon Zerfas the 3rd, he was stabbed in the heart with a knife, defending his sisters from the molester monster who had just been released from jail the following day, after the molestation had been reported the night before. (#100299244)
Leon had been a student at Highlands University and ran an antique store in Las Vegas, New Mexico called El Tecolote. He enjoyed the art of welding unique styles of bone mobiles and decorative iron fencing, reading, collecting old records, attending AA and loved motorcycles.
Sadly, he left this earth without telling anyone about what happened to baby David Joseph Miera in 1970.
Back then Leon Zerfas was on and off with two girlfriend's he had gotten pregnant and lived intermittently with one and then the other. On or around November of 1969 Zerfas left Dixon and united with the other girlfriend and traveled with her and their 7 month old son in her truck to Florida. There was domestic abuse and it escalated while they were in Florida his girlfriend and child were both injured, his child sustained severe head trauma and was later hospitalized for a long time. Leon reportedly stole the that girlfriend's truck before showing up in Dixon at Genie's home a day or so after the 1970 New Year.
David lived with his mom Genie Miera and a long-term live-in boyfriend Leon Zerfas who was father to their unborn daughter due in January. They lived in the Canoncito area up on a mountain embankment a bit north of the town of Dixon, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico across the road from a commune during the hippie movement of the late 1960's. They had no transportation so when Genie went into labor she was taken to the Embudo Hospital some miles near Dixon, New Mexico by her sister and her brother-in-law who had a truck and lived across the way. Genie left David in the care of Zerfas. Genie had a difficult birth and had to stay a few days at the hospital. The following day or so Genie waved at David in his new Christmas cloths through the glass window from the Embudo, hospital with Zerfas in the parking lot, it was the last time she said she saw David, on or about January 11, 1970. Zerfas claimed to have given David away to some hippies who lived in a bus named Philips or Phelps. On another occasion Zerfas told Genie that his sister came up from Mexico and took David temporarily, only to give her a break while she recovered and took care of their newborn baby daughter.
As time passed Genie began to wonder where was this sister and or where were the bus people. What made matters worse was that she and her newborn were victims of domestic abuse by Zerfas. In August of 1970 she accompanied Zerfas to Calif where she met his sister Diana, but she did not have her son David. A short time later Genie and her newborn daughter got safely away from Zerfas.
In January of 1971 Genie's went to Albuquerque and filed David's missing child report with the Albuquerque city police. Time would pass and Genevive tried to pressure the police to help her, and some did, but others to no avail as there were no resources for missing children back then, so David's cold case gathered dust. Days turned into months and months into years, but Genie never gave up, her dying wish was to find David. After Genie tragically and suddenly passed away her daughter got David's case re-opened and it remains so. If you know anything about David's whereabouts, please contact the State police Investigations unit of Rio Arriba, thank you.
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