Ruben Franco Moreno, 40, was last seen February 1, 2017, in Rancho Cucamonga, California, and was not reported missing by his family until August 2019. At the time he disappeared Moreno was affiliated with a Hemet-based religious group called His Way Spirit Led Assemblies. His brother Charlie Moreno described the group as cult-like and said he had been shunned after refusing to join, a dynamic the family believes delayed the missing-person report.

The case has attracted renewed attention because investigators are exploring links between Moreno’s disappearance and the investigation into the 2023 disappearance and suspected homicide of former group member Emilio Salem Ghanem. In December 2025 leaders of His Way, Shelley Kathryn Martin and Moreno’s brother Rudy Moreno, were charged in Ghanem’s death; separate arrests in that investigation occurred in January 2026. Shelley Martin and her husband Darryl Muzic Martin also face charges tied to the 2010 death of a child. No charges have been filed in Ruben Moreno’s disappearance, but the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Office is actively investigating whether his case is connected to the group.

Moreno is described as 5 feet 1 inch, 195 pounds, with brown eyes, black hair and a tattoo on his shoulder/back. Does anyone who knew Ruben or the group have information about his last known movements or contacts in Rancho Cucamonga?