Samuel Zarate Torres, a 43-year-old Hispanic man known as Sammy, was last seen in San Jose, California on June 27, 2021 and was reported missing on July 4, 2021. He is described as 6 feet 0 inches, about 150 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes, and has a tattoo reading San Jo on his left forearm.

Authorities later treated the disappearance as a homicide, reporting that Torres was shot and killed in the Coyote Creek area near Wool Creek Drive. At the time he was reportedly homeless and living in an encampment near the creek; investigators believe he was buried near that encampment, but his body has not been recovered.

Ricardo Padilla, a 34-year-old San Jose resident, has been identified as the primary suspect and has been charged with Torres’s murder. Padilla is also accused in a separate fatal shooting that occurred May 31, 2021.

Did anyone in the area around Coyote Creek in mid-2021 know Torres or see anything that could help locate his remains?