TX TX- Johnny Galvan, 47, Tomball, 23 August 2008

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Johnny Chumba Galvan
Missing since August 23, 2008

NamUS ##MP14726
Classification: Endangered Missing
Date of Birth: 06/15/1961
Age at time of disappearance: 47
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 140
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Brown
Race: Hispanic
Gender: Male

There are few details and only two news articles that I can find on this case. He is listed in NamUS and the Texas Missing Persons Clearinghouse Online Bulletin. Maybe one of you will have better luck at finding information!

According to an article in the Houston Chronicle, he was last seen by his roommate in their home in Tomball, TX (suburb northwest of Houston). The roommate noticed his bedroom door was closed that night and was still closed the following morning when she left. When she arrived home at about 12:30 pm, the door was shut, so she went to check on him, but Johnny wasn't in his room. Galvan's mother said all his belongings were still in the room, including his clothes and 3 small suitcases.

Johnny Galvan is medically disabled; he suffered from throat cancer 5 years earlier, has a tracheotomy tube, and requires medication for pain along with depression. He cannot drive because of his medical issues.
He possibly took a taxi to a local Walgreens on August 23; we know his credit card was used to pay for one. But no one has heard or seen him since.

I used to live in the same neighborhood in 2017, and it backs up to State Highway 249. The Walgreens he might have gone to is right outside the neighborhood, on the feeder road next to SH 249. When he disappeared, the area was definitely more wooded and less developed than it is now. So it's hard for me to imagine that his body has never been found; they probably would have found something during all the construction that has occurred since 2008. I don't believe that this is someone who would willingly walk away from his life, and it saddens me that there aren't more news articles, just anything to share his story. His family deserves to know where he is and bring him home <3

Sources:
TxDPS Missing and Unidentified Persons Online Bulletin
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
Johnny Chumba Galvan – The Charley Project
Mother looking for son missing Since Aug. 23

 

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TxDPS Missing and Unidentified Persons Online Bulletin

Texas Missing Persons Clearinghouse Online Bulletin, Browse photos and searchable bulletins of missing persons, abductors, and unidentified persons, a central repository for information and pictures of missing and unidentified persons in Texas.

www.dps.texas.gov

Sept 9, 2004

https://www.chron.com/neighborhood/tomball/news/article/Mother-looking-for-son-missing-Since-Aug-23-9368603.php

<<Virginia Galvan said her son was depressed and was on new medication.

“I’m not going to lie and say he didn’t abuse his medication,” she said. “He was disoriented.”

She said he couldn’t have driven anywhere because he didn’t have car and couldn’t drive due to the medications he takes for his depression.

“He is basically disabled,” the missing man’s mother said.>>

Johnny Chumba Galvan – The Charley Project

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Galvan, circa 2008

• Missing Since 08/23/2008
• Missing From Houston, Texas
• Classification Endangered Missing
• Sex Male
• Race Hispanic
• Date of Birth 06/15/1961 (63)
• Age 47 years old
• Height and Weight 5'10, 140 pounds
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• Medical Conditions Galvan was in poor health at the time of his disappearance and is classified as disabled. He requires medication for pain and other health issues.
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• Distinguishing Characteristics Hispanic male. Black hair, brown eyes. Galvan has a tracheotomy tube in his throat. His nickname is Chombe.

Details of Disappearance​

Galvan was last seen in Houston, Texas on August 23, 2008. A cab picked him up from his home and dropped him off at a Walgreens pharmacy in the 24400 block of Tomball Parkway. He has never been heard from again. Few details are available in his case.