Javier Alejandro Coronel Valdez, known as Toyo, was 17 when he was last seen on June 23, 2009, walking near San Simon Village — an area likely on the Tohono O’odham Reservation in Pima County — after beginning a crossing from the Sonoyta/Lukeville area toward Tucson, Arizona. He is Hispanic/Latino, with black hair and black eyes, about 5 feet 2 inches to 5 feet 4 inches and 133 to 143 pounds. Distinguishing marks include a scar on his right arm that required four stitches and a wart on his right ear.

When last seen he wore a dark navy blue shirt, blue Levi’s jeans, white and dark socks, dark brown miner boots with dark brown laces, and a black belt with a silver buckle. The Pima County Medical Examiner’s Office opened a case for him on July 15, 2009 (FSC MPR 883), and the case was entered into NamUs on July 30, 2012 (MP16262). Very little is known about what happened after he disappeared while on foot in the Sonoran Desert.

If anyone has information about Javier’s route, sightings, or what became of Toyo after June 23, 2009, please come forward.