In the late summer of 2002, a seventeen-year-old named Fredi Rosas embarked on an ambitious journey with two companions, intending to walk from El Paso, Texas, to Denver, Colorado. On August 31, 2002, the group was in the vicinity of Alamogordo, New Mexico. Fredi, who also went by the names Fredi Lopez and Lopez Rosas, was last seen by his companions as he walked over a hill.
The specific location of this last sighting is thought to be somewhere between the small towns of Orogrande and Alamogordo. At the time of his disappearance, Fredi was wearing camouflage pants, a maroon jersey, and black combat boots.
Fredi is a Hispanic male with brown hair and brown eyes. At seventeen, he stood at five feet six inches tall and weighed between 160 and 180 pounds. He has distinct tattoos that might help to identify him: the name "Ismelda" tattooed on his calf, and a scorpion and the word "durango" tattooed on his shoulder. Over a month after he was last seen, on October 2, 2002, a missing persons report was filed with the El Paso Police Department, but the trail had long gone cold. The vast, arid landscape of southern New Mexico where he was last seen offered few clues to his whereabouts.
The circumstances surrounding Fredi Rosas's disappearance remain unclear. His companions reported their last sighting of him, but what happened after he walked over that hill is unknown. There is no public information available about what became of his two traveling partners or the nature of their journey. The case, which has remained open for years, is a quiet and unsettling mystery. With no new leads or information released to the public, the question of what happened to the seventeen-year-old boy on a long walk to Denver persists, leaving his family and community with unanswered questions and the lingering pain of not knowing.Last Seen: Aug 31, 2002
