Summary based on the NamUs case record (MP102754)
Michael Joseth Mendez Sosa was 17 years old when he was last known to have contact with his family on February 28, 2022, in Jefferson, Louisiana, in Jefferson Parish. Public missing-person listings identify him as a Hispanic/Latino male with black hair and brown eyes, approximately 5 feet 8 inches tall and 135 pounds at the time he disappeared. His case is listed in NamUs as MP102754, and another public missing-person listing connected to NamUs gives the same core identifying details: Michael
Mendez Sosa, age 17, last seen in Jefferson, Louisiana, on February 28, 2022.
The information publicly available about what happened is limited, but what is known gives the case a painful and uncertain shape. Michael reportedly told his family that he was working for a roofing company in another state, but the family did not know which state he was in or the name of the company. That left his loved ones with a troubling lack of specifics: no clear workplace to contact, no confirmed location to check, and no firm way to know whether he was safe, stranded, avoiding contact, or unable to reach them. The public record places his last location in the Jefferson area of Louisiana, with the listed last-contact date of February 28, 2022.
Michael’s case was entered into NamUs, the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System, which is described by the National Institute of Justice as a central database and support program used by law enforcement, medical examiners, coroners, investigators, and families to help resolve missing, unidentified, and unclaimed person cases. NamUs also notes that public missing-person case entries are vetted with the appropriate investigating agency before being made publicly viewable, underscoring that the details available to the public may be only a portion of what investigators or family members know.
The investigating agency listed in the available case data is the Franklin Police Department in Tennessee, even though Michael’s listed last location was Jefferson, Louisiana. That combination suggests a case that may have crossed local boundaries or involved family, residence, reporting, or investigative ties outside the place where he was last known to be. In cases like Michael’s, where a young person is believed to have left for work in another state but the employer and destination are unknown, the search can become especially difficult because the first questions are basic but urgent: where did he go, who was he with, who last confirmed seeing him, and whether the story about the roofing job can be verified.
There is no public case-resolution status indicating that Michael has been found alive or deceased, so the public record does not provide a confirmed ending. What remains is the story of a 17-year-old young man whose last known contact came from Jefferson, Louisiana, after he told his family he was working out of state, leaving behind too few details for the people who love him to understand where he was or what happened next. In overview, Michael Joseth Mendez Sosa’s case is a missing-person case centered on a teenager last known to be connected to Jefferson, Louisiana, on February 28, 2022; he was described as a Hispanic/Latino male with black hair, brown eyes, 5 feet 8 inches tall and 135 pounds, and the known circumstances point to an unresolved search complicated by an unknown work location, an unnamed roofing company, and a family left without the answers needed to bring him home.Last Seen: Feb 28, 2022
