Jose Angel Fuentes Jr., known to family as Joe, was 31 when he disappeared in the summer of 2006. The last contact with his wife was a phone call in which he said he was in Elgin, Illinois and was headed to Chicago to give a friend a ride. The day after that call, his gold-colored Honda with Arkansas plates was found abandoned in Rapid City, Illinois, and Jose was not with the vehicle.

Jose was living in Centerton, Arkansas, and was described as a Hispanic male, 6 feet tall, 160–185 pounds, with black hair, brown eyes, prescription eyeglasses, a mole in the center of his nose and several tattoos: three dots on his left middle finger, a nude male angel on his left shoulder and a cross with thorns on his chest. He was last seen wearing a white t-shirt, blue Levi’s jeans, white K-Swiss sneakers, a wedding band engraved RF and a silver Fossil watch. Law enforcement in Arkansas opened the investigation and it remains active and open.

What information might help clarify why he was in Illinois or who he was giving a ride to—anyone with memories of seeing his car or Joe that summer is asked to come forward.