Juan De La Torre Reyes Missing Person Case

Oct 21, 2017

Mar 02, 2021

Juan

De La Torre Reyes

62

24

72 inches

155 lbs

170 lbs

White / Caucasian

Male

In the border city of Yuma, Arizona, a young man's life took an uncertain turn, leaving his family with decades of questions. Juan Manuel De La Torre Reyes, a 24-year-old male of Hispanic and White/Caucasian heritage, vanished around January 1, 1988. The specific details and exact date of his disappearance remain vague, adding a layer of complexity to the long-standing mystery. The last known information about his whereabouts indicated that he might have been in the process of crossing the border, possibly into Mexico, at the time he went missing. Juan was a man with several distinguishing features that his family hoped would make him easy to identify. Standing tall at six feet, he had a slim build, weighing between 155 and 170 pounds. He had brown eyes and black, wavy hair that was about an inch long, and he wore both a mustache and a beard. His body was marked by a scar on his left forearm and another on his forehead. A particularly notable characteristic was a tattoo on his upper back depicting two red roses accompanied by the name "Lupita". Unfortunately, there is no available information about the clothing or any personal belongings he may have had with him when he was last seen. For more than three decades, the family of Juan De La Torre Reyes has held onto hope for answers. His case is being handled by the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, which has kept the file active over the years. In a demonstration of their enduring love and relentless search for closure, his two sisters provided DNA samples in 2017 to be entered into national databases, a crucial step in potentially identifying their brother should any new evidence or unidentified remains be discovered. The overview of this case is one of profound uncertainty; a young man disappeared from a border region with very little information to explain what happened. The sparse details and the passage of time have created significant challenges for investigators, leaving a family to grapple with the ambiguous loss of their loved one.

Jan 01, 1988

Yuma

Arizona

Yuma County

34199

Maricopa County Sheriff's Office

Phoenix

Arizona

Maricopa County

85003

Kristina Hiers

Homicide Detective/ Deputy Sheriff

550 West Jackson Street, Arizona

6028761000

County

Law Enforcement

https://www.mcso.org/

17-035131

Maricopa County Sheriff's Office

Black

Brown

Brown

07/23/2026