Daniel James Villarreal was 24 and living in Surprise, Arizona, when he disappeared during the night of August 23–24, 2020. He is described as a Hispanic male, brown hair and eyes, about 5 feet 8 inches, 165–200 pounds, with a tattoo of the Arizona Diamondbacks A on his arm, an appendectomy scar on his abdomen, and normally wore prescription eyeglasses.

What made the case troubling was that Daniel reportedly left behind his cellular phone, debit card, and eyeglasses. Family accounts say he and his live-in girlfriend left around 11:30 p.m. after a call to pick up her mother; the girlfriend later returned without Daniel and said he had been involved in two vehicle collisions, then ran on foot. Other witnesses reportedly described the driver in the crashes as an older, stocky man, not Daniel, and a neighbor told family the girlfriend arrived with an older bald man and said Daniel was at his sister’s house. Public information does not establish that a crime was committed, and there is little confirmed physical or electronic evidence publicly disclosed about his movements after that night.

Daniel’s case was entered in NamUs as MP76704 and lists the Surprise Police Department as the investigating agency. If anyone has information about Daniel’s movements on the night of August 23–24, 2020, or recalls seeing a black 2009 Nissan Maxima connected to him, please come forward.