Julio Cesar Arias, a 39-year-old Hispanic/Latino man, was reported missing in late May 2021 after last being seen at his family’s home in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, on May 13, 2021. His case is recorded in the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System as MP149581, which lists his hair and eye color as brown and places the last contact in Los Angeles County. The investigating agency named in the public record is the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department.
According to the case summary, on May 29, 2021, Julio called his wife using another person’s phone and asked to be picked up at 25 Main Street in Vista, a North County city in San Diego County. When she arrived, he was no longer there. The individual whose phone he borrowed told Julio’s family that Julio had asked to be taken close to the border to get to Tijuana. Prior to that call, his last known in-person sighting was May 13 at the North Hollywood residence. The address Julio gave—25 Main Street in Vista—corresponds to a well-known commercial/theater complex, which helps fix the location he named.
NamUs lists Julio’s physical description at the time he went missing as approximately 5 feet 9 inches tall and 150–160 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. The record notes he was 39 when last seen and reflects the Los Angeles County setting for the disappearance with investigative follow-up connected to San Diego County, consistent with the Vista and border-area details reported by his family.
The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department is identified in the public case entry as the investigating authority. In similar cases, the department’s Homicide/Missing Persons detail publicly encourages tips from anyone who may have seen or spoken with a missing person around the dates in question, underscoring how vital even small observations can be for families seeking answers.Last Seen: May 13, 2021
