Missing
Mauro Elias Escobar
Escobar, approximately 2004; Escobar's truck
Date and time person was reported missing : 04/16/2004
Missing location (approx) :
Houston, Texas
Missing classification : Endangered Missing
Gender : Male
Ethnicity :
Hispanic
DOB : 11/03/1982 (38)
Age at the time of disappearance: 21 years old
Height / Weight : 5'10, 300 pounds
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: Hispanic male. Black hair, brown eyes.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Escobar was last seen at a Wendy's restaurant in the Greenspoint Mall area of Houston, Texas on April 16, 2004. He was accompanied by Jose Gonzalez and Silvia Perez at the time. Gonzalez had a large amount of cash on him; he was planning to buy farm equipment, and Perez knew where he could get some.
All three of them disappeared that day and have not been heard from since. Escobar's blue or gray 1996 Chevrolet Tahoe with the Texas license plates number TBZ-77X, which the the three of them had been riding in, was found stripped and abandoned a few days later, in a wrecking yard in Humble, Texas. A photo of the Tahoe is posted with this case summary.
Escobar and Gonzalez both resided in Roma, Texas in 2004. All three cases are unsolved. Foul play is possible.
Other information and links : ncy
Houston Police Department
713-731-5223
September 2021 updates and sources
Texas EquuSearch Mounted Search and Recovery Team
KTRK-TV Houston
Click 2 Houston
News 8 Austin
KGBT-4 TV
Texas Department of Public Safety
October 12, 2004. February 10, 2005.
Interactive Missing Person Search Map
