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Serafin Martinez Missing Person Case

Last seen in Knoxville, Tennessee on Aug 01, 2007

Victim Details

Aug 17, 2016

Mar 22, 2024

Serafin

Martinez

59

40

63 inches

65 inches

110 lbs

115 lbs

White / Caucasian

Male

Aug 01, 2007

Knoxville

Tennessee

Knox County

No

18652

Knoxville Police Department

Knoxville

Tennessee

Knox County

37915

Phyllis Tonkin

Investigator

800 Howard Baker Junior Avenue, Tennessee

8652157000

Local

Law Enforcement

http://knoxvilletn.gov/government/city_departments_offices/police_department/

07054592

2007-11-16

Knoxville Police Department

Brown

Brown

Brown

07/21/2026


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In the late summer of 2007, a sense of unease began to settle over the family of Serafin Martinez. At 40 years old, Serafin was a resident of Knoxville, Tennessee, and it was from there that he embarked on a journey that would lead to a mystery that has now spanned over a decade. In August of that year, he was scheduled to take a Greyhound bus with the destination of Chicago, Illinois, presumably to visit family or for other personal reasons. His family anticipated his arrival, but as the days t ...
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Last Seen: Aug 01, 2007

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