John Starr Vang, a 34-year-old Hmong man, left St. Paul, Minnesota, in June 2023 for a work opportunity in the Honeydew, California area and was last heard from by his family in August 2023. He never returned to Minnesota and was reported missing in March 2024. Vang is about 5 feet 2 inches, 165 pounds, with black hair, brown eyes and a missing front tooth. He typically wore a white t-shirt and black shorts.

Investigators say Vang was in Southern Humboldt and likely working on a marijuana farm on rural property in the Panther Gap area near Honeydew when he disappeared. The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office Major Crimes Division is seeking help identifying three adult Hmong females seen with Vang at a Walmart in Eureka on August 14, 2023, and locating a Hispanic male known only as Mateo who may have worked with him on the same farm.

Anyone who knew Vang, saw him in the Panther Gap area in summer 2023, or has information about the people named is asked to contact the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office.