Ramon Jaramillo Vasquez, 27, was last seen the evening of June 25, 1982, in Alice, Texas. He left home about 8:00 p.m. accompanied by his brother-in-law, Juan Ramon Suarez, in an early 1980s white Ford pickup truck to go to a gas station, but never returned.

Later that night the truck was found abandoned at the Alice Police Department. Suarez arrived at a hospital with a gunshot wound to his chest and at first said the wound was self-inflicted. He later accused Vasquez of shooting him and said that after a struggle he left Vasquez injured along County Road 236. Suarez’s statements were inconsistent and he failed a polygraph on two key questions, but he has never been charged. Ramon’s family has suggested a possible third person, Ernesto Hinojosa Jr., might have information. Over the years searches and tips have surfaced, including an unconfirmed rumor that Vasquez could be buried in a 55-gallon drum in Duval County, but no evidence has been found and the case remains unsolved with foul play suspected.

Did anyone in Alice or Duval County around June 25, 1982, have information about Vasquez, Suarez, or Ernesto Hinojosa Jr. that could help locate Ramon?