Case Details
- Photo URLs:
-
- Missing Since:
- Missing Since 10/31/2010
- Missing From:
- Missing From Silver City, New Mexico
- Classification:
- Classification Endangered Missing
- Gender:
- Male
- Race:
- Race Hispanic
- Date of Birth:
- Date of Birth 11/22/1991 (33)
- Age:
- Age 18 years old
- Height and Weight:
- Height and Weight 5’0, 110 pounds
- Clothing/Jewelry Description:
- Clothing/Jewelry Description A black t-shirt over a blue long-sleeved sweater, black shorts and brown steel-toed boots.
- Distinguishing Characteristics:
- Distinguishing Characteristics Hispanic male. Black hair, brown eyes. Ortiz has a scar in the center of his chest.
- Details of Disappearance:
- On Halloween night, 2010, 17-year-old Ortiz went trick-or-treating in Silver City, New Mexico, but disappeared. He left his grandparents’ house and was supposed to meet a friend, but never showed up. Someone saw him around 9 pm that night, but then he vanished.
His family reported him missing a few days later. Ortiz was happy and doing well; he’d just gotten visitation rights to see his baby son, was about to graduate high school, and was considering joining the army. There were no signs of trouble in his life. He left all his stuff – clothes, phone, everything – behind at his grandparents’ house.
Rumors spread after his disappearance, saying he was murdered and his body was left in El Paso, Texas, or that he ran away. His family thinks he didn’t run away because he had no reason to and left all his belongings. The police haven’t solved the mystery of what happened to him.
- Agency:
- Silver City Police Department 575-388-8840
- Source Links:
This person was missing Missing Since 10/31/2010