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Summary based on the NamUs case record (MP157817) and 1 other source
Mendoza Montes Jordy was 19 years old when he was last seen in Memphis, Tennessee, on July 18, 2025. Official records identify him as a Hispanic or Latino male with black hair and brown eyes. He was described as approximately 5 feet 8 inches to 6 feet tall and weighing between 135 and 155 pounds. His last known location was within Memphis’s 38108 ZIP code in Shelby County. The publicly available account of his disappearance is painfully brief, stating only that Mendoza was last seen in Memphis, without describing where he was going, who last spoke with him, what he was wearing, whether he had transportation, or what circumstances caused concern for his safety. That absence of detail leaves a young man’s movements after July 18 unknown and leaves those who care about him without the answers that ordinarily help explain how someone disappeared.

The disappearance was reported to the Memphis Police Department, which is responsible for the investigation under local agency case number 2507027579ME. Mendoza’s case was subsequently entered into the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System as NamUs case MP157817. NamUs, a national clearinghouse operated through the United States Department of Justice, records July 18, 2025, as his date of last contact and Memphis as the place from which he went missing. The federal record was created in 2026, months after the original disappearance, extending public awareness of the case beyond the local investigation. No publicly available photographs, clothing descriptions, personal belongings, vehicle information, identifying marks, known destinations, or detailed timeline have been released with the NamUs listing. There is also no published explanation of whether Mendoza left voluntarily, encountered an emergency, lost contact unexpectedly, or became unable to return safely. The lack of public circumstances should not be interpreted as evidence of any particular event; it means only that the available official record does not disclose what happened after he was last observed.

As the months passed, Mendoza would have turned 20, yet the central question remained unchanged: where did he go after he was last seen in Memphis? The published NamUs record does not report that he has been located, and no official resolution is provided. His case therefore continues to represent the uncertainty endured whenever a person vanishes with little publicly known about the final hours before contact was lost. Tennessee authorities emphasize that a missing person is someone whose whereabouts are unknown to people who ordinarily have contact with that individual, and that there is no waiting period before such a disappearance may be reported. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation also cautions that its public alert pages do not contain every missing-person case in the state, so the absence of an individual from a particular alert list does not determine whether a local investigation remains open or important.

Anyone with credible information concerning Mendoza’s whereabouts, his activities around July 18, 2025, or people who may have encountered him in the Memphis area should provide that information directly to law enforcement rather than relying on speculation. The Memphis Police Department lists its main number as 901-636-3700 and its non-emergency line as 901-545-2677. Even a detail that appears minor—a remembered conversation, an address, a workplace connection, a social-media contact, a ride offered, or a sighting—could help investigators reconstruct the missing portion of his timeline. At its heart, this is the case of Mendoza Montes Jordy, a 19-year-old man last seen in Memphis on July 18, 2025, whose disappearance was reported to Memphis police and later documented nationally as NamUs MP157817, but whose publicly known story still ends with a final sighting, very few disclosed circumstances, and an unresolved search for clear information about what happened to him.

Last Seen: Jul 18, 2025

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