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Missing Person / NamUs #MP993
View NamUs missing person case MP993 for Hubert Valdez missing from Van Horn, Texas. Date of last contact: Apr 29, 2003. NCMEC case number: --.
- Missing Since 04/29/2003
- Missing From Van Horn, Texas
- Classification Endangered Missing
- Sex Male
- Race Hispanic
- Date of Birth 09/02/1974 (50)
- Age 28 years old
- Height and Weight 5'5, 155 pounds
- Clothing/Jewelry Description A white shirt, black jeans, a baseball cap and black Nike Air Sole sneakers.
- Associated Vehicle(s) Red Chevrolet pickup truck (accounted for)
- Distinguishing Characteristics Hispanic male. Brown hair, brown eyes. Valdez has a small scar on the bridge of his nose and small scars on his right bicep.
Details of Disappearance
Valdez was last seen as he was leaving Gilbert's Lounge in the vicinity of the 300 block of east Broadway in Van Horn, Texas, at 2:00 a.m. on April 29, 2003. He has never been heard from again.His red Chevrolet pickup truck was found abandoned that same day, in an open lot near the intersection of Mesquite Street and Frontage Road, along Interstate 10 in Van Horn. This was a few minutes' walking distance from the bar where he was last seen.
A witness reported seeing Valdez in a fight with four other men the night he disappeared, near where his truck was found. Authorities were able to identify all of the men, but three of them have since died. The fourth is in a Mexican prison. He's considered a fugitive from American justice; he fled to Mexico after he was convicted of child molestation charges in the United States and sentenced to 189 years in prison.
Valdez frequented the Juarez, Mexico area in 2003. He worked at a truck stop. Foul play is possible in his case.
July 25, 2018 updated story
Culberson County Cold Case Reopened
It's a cold case that's been reopened out of Culberson County. 12 years ago, a Van Horn man went missing. Authorities pursued leads and came up with nothing.
www.newswest9.com
<<Although investigators are re-interviewing and re-examining evidence, three out of the four suspects and the witness have died. Simon Flores Ornelas is still alive. He is a fugitive, in addition to a person of interest, sitting in jail in Juarez, Mexico.
"He is a convicted felon, a fugitive. If we ever apprehended him, he's looking at maybe 150 years in state prison for a molestation case," said Carrillo.
After 12 years of pursuing leads, Sheriff Carrillo thinks the lone survivor could have the answer.
"What's key to solving this thing is making this young man in Mexico available to investigators. That's where we're at," he said.>>
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