Jose Arnulfo Cuenca Valdez, 44, disappeared near Lukeville in Pima County, Arizona on October 1, 2005 after crossing the desert from Puebla, Mexico. He was described as a Hispanic male between 5 feet 3 inches and 5 feet 6 inches tall, 190 to 210 pounds, with gray or partially gray hair and multiple facial scars on both sides of his mouth, his nose, his eyebrow, and the right side of his head.

He and his daughter had been traveling with a larger group that, after two days in the desert, was split by the smugglers into men and women. That separation was the last time his daughter saw him; when the groups rejoined, Jose was missing. At the time he vanished he wore a dark green shirt, black pants and black shoes, and carried one gallon of water. His son and daughter provided DNA that has been entered into national databases and the Pima County Sheriff’s Department lists the case as active.

Anyone who was in the Lukeville area or traveling that route in late September or early October 2005 and might have seen Jose or the group should come forward with information.