Jose Martinez was 17 when he was last seen in Houston, Texas, on August 8, 2022. He is a Hispanic male with black hair and brown eyes, about 5 feet 10 inches tall and 145 pounds. A missing person report was filed with the Houston Police Department on August 19, 2022, under case number 1114955-22, and the case was entered into the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System as MP100744.

The investigation is recorded as open, but the family and community have received few public updates.