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A missing person is a person who has disappeared and whose status as alive or dead cannot be confirmed as their location and condition are unknown. A person may go missing through a voluntary disappearance, or else due to an accident, crime, death in a location where they cannot be found (such as at sea), or many other reasons. In most parts of the world, a missing person will usually be found quickly. While criminal abductions are some of the most widely reported missing person cases, these account for only 2 to 5 percent of missing children in Europe.
By contrast, some missing person cases remain unresolved for many years. Laws related to these cases are often complex since, in many jurisdictions, relatives and third parties may not deal with a person's assets until their death is considered proven by law and a formal death certificate issued. The situation, uncertainties, and lack of closure or a funeral resulting when a person goes missing may be extremely painful with long-lasting effects on family and friends.
A number of organizations seek to connect, share best practices, and disseminate information and images of missing children to improve the effectiveness of missing children investigations, including the International Commission on Missing Persons, the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (ICMEC), as well as national organizations, including the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children in the US, Missing People in the UK, Child Focus in Belgium, and The Smile of the Child in Greece.
Resources for Missing Persons
According to current statistics, 4,000 people in the United States go missing every day.
Sometimes a child suddenly vanishes from the bus stop or the local park or even from their own yard or bedroom. Or a teenager doesn�t return home after a walk to the neighborhood grocery store or a bike ride or a party with friends.
Other times, an adult is mysteriously absent from their job or neighbors haven�t seen them for several days, and family and friends haven�t heard from them either.
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Jesus Alvarado Martinez
Jesus, date, approximate 2004; Age-progression to age 22 (date, approximate 2021); Avelino Martinez
Date Missing 10/20/2004
Missing From
Houston, Texas
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Male
Race
Hispanic
Date of Birth 12/07/1999 (22)
Age 4 years old
Height and Weight 3'0, 30 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description A gray short-sleeved shirt with white stripes, dark-colored pants, and black Yu-Go-Oh sneakers.
Associated Vehicle(s) Brown or beige 1993 Chevrolet Silverado extended cab pickup truck with the Texas license plate number VS2-034 (accounted for)
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Hispanic male. Black hair, brown eyes. Some agencies refer to Jesus as Jesus Martinez-Alvarado or Jesus Martinez Alvarado. His nickname is Nino.
Details of Disappearance Jesus was last seen at his home in northwest Houston, Texas on October 20, 2004. He was living with his mother, Rocio Alvarado, and his one-year-old sister at the time.
Rocio's husband, Avelino Martinez, was estranged from the family and had moved in with a roommate, Pedro Vargas, in the Brampton Square Apartments in the 1300 block of Witte in Houston a few days before. He and Alvarado were having marital problems.
Vargas last saw Avelino, Jesus, and Alvarado together at 9:00 a.m. on October 20, 2004. Avelino asked to borrow his car to take their daughter to the doctor. They did visit the doctor and afterwards planned to buy clothes for the children. Later that day, Alvarado's relatives asked the police to check on her welfare, as they had not seen or heard from her since the previous evening. She wasn't at her apartment.
At 1:00 a.m. on October 21, Vargas summoned police to his apartment after he found Alvarado's body inside his apartment on his bed. She had been stabbed twice and strangled with a ligature; the bloody knife was left behind.
She had been covered up with the blankets and Vargas thought she was only sleeping until her daughter began to cry and she did not wake up. Alvarado's daughter was unharmed, but there was no sign of Avelino or Jesus.
Investigators believe Avelino murdered his wife and abducted Jesus. A homicide warrant was issued for his arrest on October 21, 2004. There was a history of domestic violence in the couple's ten-year relationship, and it is believed that some of Alvarado's four children, including Jesus, were not Avelino's biological children.
A photo of Avelino is posted with this summary. His date of birth is August 11, 1973, making him 31 years old at the time of Alvarado's murder and Jesus's kidnapping. He's described as Hispanic, 5'8 and 200 to 215 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes.He has scars on his stomach and tattoos of crosses on his right forearm.Some agencies refer to Avelino as Avelino Martinez-Alvarado. His nickname is Monsana.
Avelino is believed to have used Vargas's brown or beige 1993 Chevrolet Silverado extended cab pickup truck with the Texas license plate number VS2-034 in his flight, but it was found abandoned on October 30, on a private dirt road off Interstate 10 and Wilpitz Road near Brookshire, Texas, in Waller County.
Avelino and Jesus are believed to be in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico or in Laredo, Texas, where Avelino has relatives. Avelino is considered armed and dangerous and caution is advised when approaching him. Due to the nature of the charges against his father, Jesus may be in danger.
Investigating Agency
Houston Police Department
713-308-3600
Other
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
The Crime Library
The Houston Chronicle
America's Most Wanted
Texas Department of Public Safety
Laura Recovery Center
KTRK-TV Houston
Click 2 Houston
Missing Person Photos
A missing person is a person who has disappeared and whose status as alive or dead cannot be confirmed as their location and condition are unknown. A person may go missing through a voluntary disappearance, or else due to an accident, crime, death in a location where they cannot be found (such as at sea), or many other reasons. In most parts of the world, a missing person will usually be found quickly. While criminal abductions are some of the most widely reported missing person cases, these account for only 2 to 5 percent of missing children in Europe.
By contrast, some missing person cases remain unresolved for many years. Laws related to these cases are often complex since, in many jurisdictions, relatives and third parties may not deal with a person's assets until their death is considered proven by law and a formal death certificate issued. The situation, uncertainties, and lack of closure or a funeral resulting when a person goes missing may be extremely painful with long-lasting effects on family and friends.
A number of organizations seek to connect, share best practices, and disseminate information and images of missing children to improve the effectiveness of missing children investigations, including the International Commission on Missing Persons, the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (ICMEC), as well as national organizations, including the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children in the US, Missing People in the UK, Child Focus in Belgium, and The Smile of the Child in Greece.
Resources for Missing Persons
According to current statistics, 4,000 people in the United States go missing every day.
Sometimes a child suddenly vanishes from the bus stop or the local park or even from their own yard or bedroom. Or a teenager doesn�t return home after a walk to the neighborhood grocery store or a bike ride or a party with friends.
Other times, an adult is mysteriously absent from their job or neighbors haven�t seen them for several days, and family and friends haven�t heard from them either.
Missing Person Photos
