On August 19, 2004, Ildefonso Flores, a 59-year-old male, was last seen in Spokane, Washington, in the 99202 area of Spokane County. Public missing-person information described him as Hispanic / Latino and White / Caucasian, approximately 5 feet 3 inches tall and 120 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. At the time he was last known to have contact with others, he was reportedly wearing a gray T-shirt and jeans.
He had been staying with his sister-in-law for about three weeks after coming from Kaiser, Oregon, and his last known plans were ordinary and practical: he went downtown in Spokane to look for work at a hotel.
The circumstances surrounding Ildefonso’s disappearance were limited in the public record, but they carried the kind of uncertainty that weighs heavily on families and investigators. He was not described as leaving under dramatic circumstances, nor was there publicly available information indicating that he intended to permanently cut off contact. Instead, the known account centered on a man who had recently arrived in Spokane, was staying with family, and was trying to find employment. After he went downtown, communication stopped, and the available information did not publicly establish where he went next, whether he reached the hotel or hotels where he hoped to find work, or who may have seen him after he left.
For years, Ildefonso Flores was listed as a missing person through official and public missing-person channels, with the Spokane Police Department identified as the investigating agency. His case was connected to Spokane Police Department case number 04-278220. Public case information preserved the essential details of his identity, his last known location, his clothing, and the short account of his final known activity. Those details formed the public framework of the case: a 59-year-old man in Spokane, seeking work downtown, then no longer heard from by those who knew him.
Official reporting now indicates that Ildefonso Flores was located. The exact date is not clearly available in the public information, and the details surrounding how or where he was located are vague. Because the available information does not provide a clear date or a more complete public explanation, the most careful account is that he was found and the case is no longer described as an active missing-person matter. The absence of a precise public timeline leaves some questions unanswered, but it also changes the nature of the case from an unresolved disappearance to one in which Ildefonso was ultimately accounted for.
The case of Ildefonso Flores began with a quiet and troubling disappearance from Spokane on August 19, 2004, when he was 59 years old and had gone downtown to seek hotel work while staying with family. The public record offered only a narrow set of facts for many years: his physical description, his last known clothing, his connection to Spokane and Oregon, and the report that contact ended after he left to look for employment. Its overview is now one of a missing-person report that remained publicly documented for an extended period, a family and community left with uncertainty, and an official resolution indicating that Ildefonso Flores was eventually located, though the exact date and circumstances have not been clearly made public.Last Seen: Aug 19, 2004
