Jose Antonio Hernandez, 32 and known as PePe, disappeared from Gainesville, Georgia after leaving his home on foot on the evening of July 31, 2007. He told family he was going to a friend’s house within the city but never arrived and was not seen or heard from again. The disappearance had been reported to the Hall County Sheriff’s Office a week earlier, on July 24, 2007, and the sheriff’s office assigned case number 070075404.

Hernandez is described as 5 feet tall, about 200 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. At the time he vanished he was wearing a red and white striped shirt and blue jeans. His case was entered into NamUs on March 2, 2012, as MP14101 to help generate leads. Little is known about his movements after he left home, and there is no public information about the friend he said he was visiting.

If anyone knew Jose, the friend he intended to visit, or saw him in Gainesville around July 31, 2007, please share what information might help the family and investigators.