Romeo Sierra-Portillo, a 53-year-old businessman from Guatemala, was last heard from on September 26, 2006, in Lawndale, California. That morning he called his wife to say he was staying at the Traveler’s Inn Motel in Lawndale while conducting business. No further contact followed and he has not been seen since.

He is described as a Hispanic male, 5 feet 5 inches tall, about 170 pounds, with brown hair. Sierra-Portillo often traveled to the United States for work, but there has been little information published about his movements after that motel call and no public breakthroughs have been reported.

Anyone who stayed at or near the Traveler’s Inn in Lawndale on or after September 26, 2006, or who recalls Romeo Sierra-Portillo in that area, is asked to come forward with information.