Edwin Giovanni Morales Velasquez was 17 when he was last seen in Culpeper, Virginia, on October 31, 2021. Described as a Hispanic male with black hair, brown eyes and protruding ears, he was between 5 feet 3 inches and 5 feet 5 inches tall and weighed about 131 to 136 pounds. Reports say he left his residence and may have been heading to Florida.

Edwin’s disappearance is one of many troubling missing-teen cases in the Culpeper area beginning in mid-2021. Authorities have noted a pattern involving numerous unaccompanied minors, many of Guatemalan descent, who had been placed in local homes before vanishing. The Culpeper Police Department is handling Edwin’s case but public details remain limited.

Does anyone in Culpeper or along routes to Florida remember seeing Edwin or have information about where he might have gone?