Mexico Omar Vargas, 3, Aqua Prieta, Mexico, April 22, 1995

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Omar Vargas at 4 years old and age progressed to 24 years old

Name: Omar Vargas
Case Classification: Non Family Abduction
Missing Since: April 22, 1995
Location Last Seen: Aqua Prieta, Sonora, Mexico

Physical Description​

Date of Birth: September 12, 1991
Age: 3 years old
Race: White/Hispanic
Gender: Male
Height: 3'6"
Weight: 35 lbs.
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Brown
Nickname/Alias: Unknown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: At the time he was abducted, he sucked his two middle fingers on his right hand. A brown oblong birthmark above his navel.

Identifiers​

Dentals: Unknown
Fingerprints: Unknown
DNA: Unknown

Clothing & Personal Items​

Clothing: A dark blue western shirt, dark jeans, and black western boots.
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Unknown

Circumstances of Disappearance​

Vargas was last seen in Aqua Prieta, Mexico on April 22, 1995.
He was traveling with his family from Chandler, Arizona to visit relatives in Agua Prieta
Agua Prieta is a city of about 95,000 people 110 miles southeast of Tucson, across the border from Douglas.
They stopped at a church to lead services and last saw Omar playing out front with six or seven other children.
He was led away by the adult male described below.
Search dogs tracked him to a ranch house but he was not found.

Unknown Male Suspect

Age of Abductor : 18-20 years old
Height and Weight of Abductor : 5'9"-5'10"; slender build
Distinguishing Characteristics : Hispanic male. Shoulder length, dark hair, combed back with a pony tail and a short mustache; dark eyes.
Clothing : Wearing soiled, torn clothing.

Investigating Agency(s)​

Agency Name: Cochise County (AZ) Sheriff's Office
Agency Contact Person: Missing Persons Unit - Det. George Hoke
Agency Phone Number: 1-800-362-0812; 520-432-9500
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: N/A
NCIC Case Number: M-827671292
NCMEC Case Number: NCMC803713

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Nov 15, 2018

VANISHED: Search for 3-year-old continues

In the Mexican border town of Agua Prieta, Sonora, 3-year-old Omar Vargas went missing.

www.kgun9.com

<<According to the sheriff's office, search and rescue crews, deputies, the FBI, tracking dogs and a helicopter all went into Mexico to try and find Omar.

The dogs picked up a scent from a ranch a few miles away from the church but Omar wasn't found.

Several months later, Omar's mother died while searching for him after an accident on a Mexican highway>>

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Left & Center: Vargas, circa 1995 Far Right: Age-progressed to 19 years

<<He was traveling with his family from Chandler, Arizona to visit relatives in Agua Prieta

Agua Prieta is a city of about 95,000 people 110 miles southeast of Tucson, across the border from Douglas.

They stopped at a church to lead services and last saw Omar playing out front with six or seven other children.>>