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Luis Urias Missing Person Case

Last seen in Unknown, Arizona on Jan 01, 2008

Victim Details

Oct 17, 2020

Mar 25, 2024

Luis

Urias

38

20

62 inches

120 lbs

130 lbs

Hispanic / Latino

Male

Jan 01, 2008

Unknown

Arizona

Maricopa County

No

91636

Phoenix Police Department

Phoenix

Arizona

Maricopa County

85004

Stuart Somershoe

Police Volunteer

2120 North Central Avenue, Arizona

6022626151

Local

Law Enforcement

202000001707147

2020-10-17

Phoenix Police Department

na

Black

Brown

Brown

08/18/2026


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In the vast and often unforgiving landscape of southern Arizona, the story of Luis Mercado Urias unfolds with a quiet and unsettling ambiguity. In 2008, at the age of 20, Luis, a young Hispanic male, was on a journey that countless others have undertaken, crossing the border into the United States. His last known point of contact was on January 1st of that year, a day that for most marks a new beginning, but for Luis's family, it became the start of a long and painful period of uncertainty. ...
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Last Seen: Jan 01, 2008

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