Case Details
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- Missing Since:
- Missing Since 10/06/2001
- Missing From:
- Missing From Potomac, Maryland
- Classification:
- Classification Endangered Missing
- Gender:
- Male
- Race:
- Race Hispanic
- Date of Birth:
- Age:
- Age 25 years old
- Height and Weight:
- Height and Weight 6’1 – 6’9, 190 pounds
- Clothing/Jewelry Description:
- Distinguishing Characteristics:
- Distinguishing Characteristics Hispanic male. Brown hair, brown eyes. Benitez’s has tattoos of his last name, Benitez, across his back and chest, and a tattoo of three dragons on his left leg. He has a scar under his left eye. Some agencies spell his middle name “Jaime.”
- Details of Disappearance:
- Benitez, who lived in Potomac, Maryland, told his family on October 6, 2001, that he was going to visit a friend in New York. He never arrived and hasn’t been seen or heard from since. This was unusual for him; he wouldn’t normally disappear without telling anyone.
He was driving his silver 1999 Mercedes (license plate JWN-591) when he vanished. His family reported him missing on February 5, 2002.
Months later, on June 4, 2002, his burned-out Mercedes was found abandoned near Route 108 and Tucker Lane, on the border between two Maryland counties. Someone had set a small fire to the car. Even though there was no clear sign of a crime, and the dogs couldn’t track anything, police still consider his disappearance suspicious because they haven’t found any evidence to explain what happened to him.
- Agency:
- Montgomery County Police Department
- Source Links:
This person was missing Missing Since 10/06/2001