Ruben Almon Carranza, 36, disappeared from the Greensburg, Pennsylvania area after being last seen in the early morning hours of July 29, 2025. A license plate reader recorded his white 2002 Toyota Avalon near Sidney Street in Southwest Greensburg about 3:30 a.m., and the last ping from his cellphone was logged at 7:49 a.m. from a tower near Devil Dog Drive in Mt. Pleasant Township. After that, all communication stopped; his family says daily contact with his mother was normal before he vanished.

Greensburg Police and volunteers searched areas Ruben frequented, including Mammoth Park, Linn Run State Park, and Beam Rocks, but initially found nothing. On August 9 his Avalon was located hidden in a rural spot off Ridge Road in Donegal Township, roughly 15 miles from Greensburg. Investigators believe the car had been concealed there on August 5 and that it had been taken to another unknown location on July 29 before being moved. Ruben’s family issued a $3,000 reward and shared identifying details, including numerous tattoos such as SINK and SWIM on his knuckles and a dagger with the phrase Fear is the mind killer on his forearm.

Weeks later the family’s hope of finding him alive had faded and his mother expressed a wish to recover his remains for closure. Does anyone who was in Greensburg, Mt. Pleasant Township, or Donegal Township in late July and early August remember seeing Ruben, his Avalon, or anything out of the ordinary around those dates?