Case Details
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- Missing Since:
- Missing Since 09/29/2006
- Missing From:
- Missing From Wimberly, Texas
- Classification:
- Classification Endangered Missing
- Gender:
- Male
- Race:
- Race Hispanic
- Date of Birth:
- Date of Birth 01/09/1986 (39)
- Age:
- Age 20 years old
- Height and Weight:
- Height and Weight 5’8 – 5’10, 200 – 210 pounds
- Clothing/Jewelry Description:
- Clothing/Jewelry Description Possibly white high-top sneakers with blue markings, and a silver rope chain.
- Distinguishing Characteristics:
- Distinguishing Characteristics Hispanic male. Black hair, brown eyes. Puchote has a tattoo of a three-by-four-inch triangle and the words “Hecho En Mexico” on his right shoulder. He has a seven-inch scar on his lower abdomen. At the time of his disappearance, Puchote’s hair was three inches long on top and shaved on the sides. He wears size L shirts and pants with a 34-inch waist. Puchote may use the last names Garcia-Puchote and/or Puchote-Garcia. He is a Mexican national.
- Details of Disappearance:
- On September 29, 2006, Puchote disappeared after a fight in Wimberley, Texas. He was with a friend near St. Mary’s Catholic Church when two men in a white Ford Explorer attacked his car, throwing bottles. His friend ran off. Puchote fought with the men, and then vanished.
Police found Puchote’s car at the church with broken windows, blood, and signs of a violent attack. They also found the Ford Explorer abandoned nearby, also with blood inside.
Police know who the two attackers are; they live in Wimberly, and one is from the same Mexican town as Puchote (Guanajuato). Puchote knew this man. The police haven’t revealed their names yet.
Puchote worked as a day laborer. He came to the US from Mexico in 2002. The police are investigating his disappearance as a murder.
- Agency:
- Hays County Sheriff’s Office 512-393-7896
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This person was missing Missing Since 09/29/2006