Account
Apr 11, 2019
Apr 11, 2019
Rueben
Zavala
42
28
62 inches
64 inches
140 lbs
160 lbs
Hispanic / Latino
Male
In the winter of 2011, a 28-year-old man named Rueben Zavala vanished from his home in Tulsa, Oklahoma, leaving behind a void of information and a family searching for answers. On the evening of January 30th, Rueben reportedly left his apartment around 9:00 PM. He was a Hispanic male, standing between 5 feet 2 inches and 5 feet 4 inches tall, and weighing between 140 and 160 pounds. He had black hair and brown eyes. That ordinary Sunday night was the last time he was ever seen or heard from. His departure from his apartment marked the beginning of a long and painful period of uncertainty for those who knew and loved him. The hours turned into days, and with no sign of Rueben's return, concern grew into alarm. A missing person report was filed with the Tulsa Police Department on January 31, 2011, formally launching an investigation into his sudden disappearance. Despite the efforts of law enforcement, the circumstances surrounding his vanishing remained frustratingly unclear. There were no immediate signs of foul play, no note left behind, and no clear indication of where he might have been headed that night. The lack of information left investigators with few leads to follow, and the case quickly grew cold. Years have passed since Rueben Zavala walked out of his apartment, and his case remains an unresolved mystery. His disappearance is a quiet tragedy, a story without an ending that continues to echo in the hearts of his family. The official record of his case, including his entry into the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) in April 2019, serves as a persistent reminder of a life interrupted. The overview of the case is one of stark and unsettling simplicity: a young man left his home one evening and never came back. The lack of any substantial developments or new information over the years has left a trail of unanswered questions, and the search for Rueben, and for the truth, continues.
Jan 30, 2011
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Tulsa County
74103
No
49051
Tulsa Police Department
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Tulsa County
74103
Joe Campbell
Detective Sergeant
600 Civic Center, Oklahoma
9185969143
Local
Law Enforcement
2011-006507
2011-01-31
Tulsa Police Department
Black
Brown
Brown
06/10/2026
