Missing
Luis Prado
Prado, approximately 2016
Date and time person was reported missing : 07/29/2016
Missing location (approx) :
Castaic, California
Missing classification : Missing
Gender : Male
Ethnicity :
Hispanic
DOB : 08/22/1996 (24)
Age at the time of disappearance: 19 years old
Height / Weight : 5'9, 140 pounds
Description, clothing, jewerly and more : A gray plaid sweatshirt and dark-colored jeans.
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: Hispanic male. Black hair, green eyes. Prado has a tattoo of a cross with Jesus on the inside of his left forearm. He may wear eyeglasses.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Prado was last seen in Castaic, California on July 29, 2016. He had gone with two friends on a trip to the Six Flags Magic Mountain theme park and they were on their way home when their vehicle got a flat tire.
His friends stated they were pulled over on the side of the road near Templin Highway and Interstate 5, changing the tire, when Prado walked away. He has never been heard from again. His friends left him behind and returned home to northern California.
Prado is from Salinas, California, 250 miles up the coast from Castaic, and Salinas police are investigating his case. Foul play is not suspected in his disappearance, but it remains unsolved.
Other information and links : ncy
Salinas Police Department
831-775-4240
September 2021 updates and sources
California Attorney General's Office
The Santa Clarita Valley Signal
October 12, 2004. April 14, 2018; .
Interactive Missing Person Search Map
