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Jose Alejandro Ajanel Santay was reported missing from Hilliard, Ohio, and was last seen on March 13, 2024. At the time of his disappearance, he was 17 years old. He is a Hispanic male with brown hair and brown eyes. He is described as being 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighing approximately 130 pounds.

The circumstances surrounding his disappearance involve his uncle, who had been granted custody of him through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Refugee Resettlemen ...Read More
Last Seen: Mar 13, 2024

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Victim Details

Dec 18, 2025

Dec 22, 2025

Jose

Ajanel Santay

19

17

66 inches

130 lbs

Hispanic / Latino

Male

In the late winter of 2024, a young man named Jose Alejandro Ajanel Santay made a decision that would leave his family searching for answers. At the age of seventeen, Jose informed his loved ones that he was leaving their home in Hilliard, Ohio, with the intention of finding work. However, the specifics of his destination and his potential employer remained a mystery to those who cared for him most. His family had no clear idea of where he was headed, a fact that would soon become a source of great concern and distress. The day he was last seen by his family was March 13, 2024. The following day, March 14, 2024, with no word from Jose and his whereabouts unknown, his family took the step of officially reporting him as a missing person to the Hilliard Division of Police. This action marked the beginning of a formal investigation into his sudden and unexplained disappearance. At the time he went missing, Jose was described as a Hispanic male with brown hair and brown eyes. He stood at approximately five feet six inches tall and weighed around 130 pounds, a young man on the cusp of adulthood. The lack of information about his travel plans or intended location created a challenging situation for both his family and the law enforcement officials tasked with finding him. The circumstances surrounding Jose's case are particularly heart-wrenching due to the limited information available to the public and investigators. He seemingly vanished after expressing a common desire for a young person: to seek employment and build a future. The ambiguity of his departure has left his family in a state of perpetual uncertainty. The investigation into the disappearance of Jose Ajanel Santay remains an open appeal for any information that could shed light on where he went after leaving his home on that March day. The overview of the case is one of a young man who left to find work, but whose family has not heard from him since, creating a painful void for those he left behind.

Mar 13, 2024

Hilliard

Ohio

Franklin County

Hilliard

Yes

183123

Hilliard Division of Police

Hilliard

Ohio

Franklin County

43026

Kristen Winter

Detective

5171 Northwest Parkway, Ohio

6148767321

Local

Law Enforcement

2024-00000600

2024-03-14

Hilliard Division of Police

Brown

Brown

Brown

05/28/2026


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