Esmit Sanchez Gonzalez was 15 when he went missing from his home in Louisburg, Franklin County, North Carolina, on August 30, 2008. He was described as a Hispanic male, five feet tall, about 140 pounds, with black hair and black eyes; he was last known to wear a gold watch on his left hand. His younger brother Domingo, 11 at the time, disappeared the same day.

Authorities believe the brothers may have been taken by their non-custodial father and that the group could have traveled to Mexico. Investigators reported the party might have been driving a burgundy or maroon minivan. The Louisburg Police Department and the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children have remained involved and produced age-progressed images for Esmit.

No contact with the boys has been reported since August 30, 2008. If anyone has information about Esmit, Domingo, the vehicle, or travel to Mexico around that date, please come forward.