Raul Ruelas, a 38-year-old male, was last seen in San Antonio, Texas, on December 26, 1997. At the time of his disappearance, he was working at a local tire shop. On that day, after completing his shift, he was reportedly picked up by an unidentified man who was driving a brown Chevrolet pickup truck. Ruelas, who sometimes went by the nickname "Bule," was of Hispanic and White/Caucasian descent with black hair and brown eyes. He was described as having a black mustache at the time. When he was last seen, he was wearing a brown jacket, a red shirt, black pants, and black dress shoes.
The circumstances surrounding Raul Ruelas's disappearance remain shrouded in mystery, with very few details available to the public. The man who picked him up from his workplace has never been identified, and the brown Chevrolet 210 series pickup truck has not been located. After he got into that truck, Raul Ruelas was never seen or heard from again.
His case quickly went cold, leaving his family and investigators with many unanswered questions.
Over the years, law enforcement has made efforts to generate new leads, but the case has seen little to no movement. The San Antonio Police Department is the investigating agency, and Ruelas's case has been entered into national databases for missing persons, including NamUs, under the case number MP7984. Despite the passage of time, the investigation into what happened to Raul Ruelas on that December day continues. The central mystery of the case revolves around the identity of the man in the brown pickup truck and where he took Raul Ruelas after leaving the tire shop. Without any further witnesses or evidence, the disappearance of Raul Ruelas remains an unsolved and poignant cold case.Last Seen: Dec 26, 1997