Jose Adolfo Garcia was one year old when he disappeared from Longview, Washington, in the spring of 2001. On April 19, 2001, his non-custodial father, Alvaro Carrillo Garcia, said they were going to Portland, Oregon, for a quick errand and did not return. Jose was described as a Hispanic male with black hair, brown eyes, bowlegged, and with a birthmark on each side of his rib cage.

Warrants were issued for Alvaro later that year and into 2002: a felony custodial interference warrant in November 2001 and an FBI federal warrant for unlawful flight to avoid prosecution on March 28, 2002. Authorities believe Alvaro, then 21 and noted as having a lazy left eye, left the country with Jose and traveled to Mexico; he has ties to Oaxaca and Nogales. The case is classified as a family abduction and remains open. Age-progressed photos of Jose have been released to help identify him.

If anyone has information about Jose’s whereabouts or remembers seeing him or Alvaro in Mexico or elsewhere after April 19, 2001, please come forward.