PA PA - Nicolas Marcel Santin, 12, possibly abducted by Andres Santin, grandfather, Steelton, Dec 2005

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Nicolas Marcel Santin

Family Abduction

Missing From: Steelton, Pennsylvania

Missing Since: December 17, 2005

Age: 12 -- Height: 5'3" -- Weight: 125 lbs -- Hair Color: Brown -- Eye Color: Hazel

Nicolas' nickname is Nico. He wears eyeglasses.


Nicolas lived with his mother in Steelton, Pennsylvania in 2005. That December, his grandfather, Andres Arguera Santin, asked to take Nicolas to El Salvador to visit relatives for Christmas. Nicolas and Andres crossed from Mexico into Guatemala on December 21, but their family in El Salvador said neither of them arrived as scheduled. There are no records of them leaving Guatemala. Investigators believe that Andres intentionally abducted Nicolas.

Andres was born in 1943. He is a Hispanic male, 5'7" and 200 pounds, with black hair and black eyes. He has multiple alias names and dates of birth. They may be in New York City, Mexico, Guatemala, or El Salvador.


NCMEC

Charley Project

 

[JerseyGirl]

• Nicolas Santin, 12, Steelton, missing since December 2005

Nicolas’s grandfather, Andres Santin, is accused of abducting him. A federal warrant for international parental kidnapping was issued for Andres Santin in February 2006. They may have traveled to El Salvador, Guatemala or Mexico.

Missing persons: In Pennsylvania, how many are lost and from where?

 

[cheemsg]

FamilySearch.org
It says that Andres died in 2005, was he declared dead? What happened to Nicolas?

 

[DS2021]

FamilySearch.org
It says that Andres died in 2005, was he declared dead? What happened to Nicolas?

I question how accurate that is. He took Nic towards the end of Dec 2005. He would've had to have died within a few weeks

 

[cheemsg]

I question how accurate that is. He took Nic towards the end of Dec 2005. He would've had to have died within a few weeks

It's probably just a circa 2005 thing that they do when declaring somebody dead in absentia.
Based on some archived threads, they were still missing in 2007 and it looked bleak bc there was absolutely no activity from them. But Nico is no longer in NCMEC or Charley Project.

 

[read67S]

I searched for Nicolas Marcel Santin a few minutes ago on the Charley Project website, and it said that the page couldn’t be found, but the profile on NamUS was still up. Has he been found? What about his grandfather?

 

[forthelost]

I asked NCMEC about him a few weeks ago. He's not publicly listed on the NCMEC site anymore, but he's still missing.

 

[Pennysmom1]

Nicolas is still missing

Missing Person / NamUs #MP17642

View NamUs missing person case MP17642 for Nicolas Marcel Santin missing from Steelton, Pennsylvania. Date of last contact: Dec 15, 2005. NCMEC case number: 1036219.

namus.nij.ojp.gov

4934DMPA - Nicolas Marcel Santin

Nickname/Alias: Nico, Jose (first names) Gonzalez, Ortiz, Arguera (last name)
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Wears glasses.

Identifiers​

Dentals: Available
Fingerprints: Not Available
DNA: Available

<<Nicolas and his grandfather entered Guatemala on December 21, 2005. They were in a white 1995 Geo Metro with Pennsylvania plates GCJ-2922. To date, the family of Andrés SantÃn Arguera in El Salvador knows nothing of his whereabouts. There are no immigration records indicating that they left Guatemala, entered El Salvador, or returned to Mexico.

After their disappearance, a felony warrant was issued for the arrest of 63-year-old Mr. SantÃn Arguera. He was born on March 7th, 1943, in Usulutan, El Salvador, but he holds a U.S. passport under the name Jose Gonzalez Ortiz, born on October 19th, 1946, in Puerto Rico. He has used many aliases, among them Andres Arguera Santin, Jose Gonzalez Ortiz, Jose O. Gonzalez, Jose Ortiz, Andres Santin-Arguera, and Jose Gonzalez. He is 5'5" tall, weighs 180 pounds, and has black hair and brown eyes. They may be in El Salvador, Guatemala, or Mexico. CAUTION IS ADVISED.>>

Image 2: Age-Progressed to 23 years (circa 2016); Image 4: Nicolas' grandfather