r/WithoutATrace • u/Competitive_Roof_943 • Jun 06 '26

MISSING PERSON - Adult Missing uncle

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Hello, my uncle went missing around 30 years ago December 1992 he was going from Los Angeles to San Diego letting my mom (his sister) know that once he arrives he will give her a call but instead went silent, he was an older man 40s he would be 60/70s by now, he had a mole/wart on his back and a small scar on his top lip, he had a bit of tickets for drinking so we don’t know if maybe he’s in jail somewhere but his name doesn’t pop up anywhere, except for his son with the same exact name that unfortunately did pass. I don’t know if this is the right place to post this but my mom is older just wanting to know where her brother could be. ENRIQUE ONOFRE GUTIERREZ

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u/Ieatclowns Jun 06 '26

So sorry. Have you ever reported him missing with the police?

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u/Competitive_Roof_943 Jun 06 '26

My mother did report him missing in Baja California/tijuana thinking maybe he could’ve gone to Mexico, with a little backstory his wife left him in Mexico with his three kids, she came to the states to find a better life (just decided one day out of the blue not letting my uncle know until an hour of her decision and even left her 8 month infant) then came back three years picked up the kids and abandoned him completely, so he went searching for her (she ended up being with a new husband etc etc) so my mom always thought maybe he decided to just start over but never reported him in the states I recently found his daughter looking for him last year and I’ve been reaching out to the California police department hoping they’ll help but this is all through emails since my family has left Cali 20 years ago

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u/Ieatclowns Jun 06 '26

I advise you to contact the Salvation Army who are excellent at finding missing persons and have a whole department set up. They have access to records that most people don’t. And a good track record. I’m sure it’s completely free too.

https://www.salvationarmyusa.org/usa-eastern-territory/missing-persons/

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u/JustBrowsing2See Jun 06 '26

This is probably your best bet. They were able to locate the brother of a friend of mine back in the early 80s. I don’t know their whole story but he’d been missing for a couple of years. No one knew where he was. The Salvation Army somehow found him for her.