Eduardo Ortiz was 47 when he disappeared on April 30, 2005, in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. He was last seen walking on the Huey P. Long Bridge from the East Bank community of Elmwood toward Bridge City on the West Bank, wearing a white short-sleeved shirt and brown or beige shorts.

Ortiz is described as Hispanic and White, about 5 feet 10 inches and 170 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. Distinctive features include a right leg amputated around the mid-femur and a prosthetic, scars across both wrists, a large dragon tattoo on his back, a grim reaper on his right arm with a branded cross, and the letter M tattooed on his left hand. The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office is handling the investigation.

Why Ortiz was on the bridge or where in Bridge City he intended to go is not known, and there have been no significant public updates or leads reported since he vanished. Does anyone who knew Eduardo or who was in the Elmwood–Bridge City area that day have information that could help?