Jose Manuel Quintero Angulo was a 40-year-old Hispanic/Latino man when he disappeared from Modesto, California, in February 2010. His missing-person record lists February 6, 2010, as his official date of last contact. However, the investigative narrative contains an important discrepancy, stating that Angulo’s brother last spoke with him on February 26 at approximately 8:00 p.m. No explanation for the difference between those dates is provided in the available case information.
Angulo had reportedly come to California from Mexico approximately eleven months before he was reported missing, beginning what appears to have been a relatively recent chapter of his life in the United States before contact with him abruptly ended.
As concern grew, Angulo’s brother repeatedly tried to reach him by telephone. According to the investigative account, the calls initially went directly to voicemail for several days. Eventually, Angulo’s telephone service was disconnected for lack of payment. There is no indication that his brother was able to establish contact with him again, and the available information does not describe any confirmed sightings after communication stopped. Angulo was officially reported missing to the Modesto Police Department on March 5, 2010. Investigators recorded his physical description as approximately 5 feet 4 inches to 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighing between 140 and 150 pounds. He had short black hair and brown eyes. One particularly useful identifying characteristic was an abnormality involving his left elbow, which was described as crooked. Authorities did not have information about what clothing he may have been wearing when he disappeared, and no vehicle or other means of transportation was documented in connection with the case.
The circumstances became even more troubling because Angulo was not the only member of his household to disappear. Investigative information states that his wife, Karina Yadira Angulo Garcia, had also come to California from Mexico, reportedly arriving approximately seven months after Angulo. She subsequently became the subject of her own missing-person case. Records list Karina Garcia as 37 years old when she disappeared from Modesto and identify February 26, 2010, as her last-contact date. The close timing of their disappearances has left both cases closely intertwined, but the available records do not explain what happened to the couple or identify a confirmed destination they may have traveled to. There is also no publicly documented information establishing that either disappearance resulted from a crime, and the records provide no known transportation, recovery information, or circumstances explaining why both Angulo and his wife apparently vanished from their lives in Modesto.
The Modesto Police Department remains the investigating agency in Angulo’s disappearance, with the department assigning case number MP10018102. His case is also recorded in the national missing-person system as MP92723. Despite the passage of many years, the available case information does not provide a confirmed resolution, and no circumstances of recovery are listed. Angulo’s disappearance therefore remains a deeply concerning mystery for those who knew him, made more painful by the disappearance of his wife during the same general period. What is known is limited but significant: Angulo had recently established himself in California after coming from Mexico, communication with his family suddenly stopped, his telephone eventually became inactive, and both he and his wife disappeared without a publicly documented explanation. At its core, the case is the unresolved story of a husband and wife who vanished from Modesto in early 2010, leaving relatives and investigators without clear answers about where they went or what happened to them.Last Seen: Feb 6, 2010
