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Jose Benitez Missing Person Case

Last seen in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on Feb 15, 2024

Victim Details

Jun 11, 2024

Jun 12, 2024

Jose

Benitez

18

16

68 inches

150 lbs

Hispanic / Latino

Male

Feb 15, 2024

Harrisburg

Pennsylvania

Dauphin County

17103

No

144637

Harrisburg Bureau of Police

Harrisburg

Pennsylvania

Dauphin County

17101

123 Walnut Street, Pennsylvania

7172553131

Local

Law Enforcement

https://dauphin.crimewatchpa.com/hbgpd

HC-24-032063

2024-05-28

Harrisburg Bureau of Police

Brown

Brown

Brown

No

07/20/2026


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Jose Orlando Benitez was 16 years old when he disappeared from the Harrisburg area of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, on February 15, 2024. The Hispanic male teenager was last known to be in the Penbrook area, near Harrisburg, on what initially appeared to be an ordinary school day. Jose told a family member that he was going to school, then left home carrying a backpack. He never returned. What began as a familiar morning routine became a deeply troubling disappearance when the day passed without ...
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