Far West Side Teen Andres Juan-Woods, 13, Missing Since Tuesday Morning

A 13-year-old boy has been missing from San Antonio's far West Side since Wednesday morning, after leaving his home without his cell phone, according to the Bexar County Sheriff's Office. Andres Juan-Woods was last seen by his mother around 9 a.m. near the 7500 block of Astro Field, in the 78253 ZIP code, and his whereabouts remain unknown.

The sheriff's office described Andres as 5 feet 10 inches tall and 115 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing a gray Nike jacket, black shorts, and Nike shoes, according to the Bexar County Sheriff's Office, which posted a public appeal for help locating him. As KENS 5 confirmed, the boy left home without his phone, complicating efforts to track his location.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the sheriff's office at 210-335-6000 or reach the BCSO Missing Persons Unit directly at [email protected]. The agency has not released additional details about circumstances surrounding his disappearance, and no cause for concern beyond the missing status itself has been publicly stated.

A Street With a History of Missing Juvenile Alerts

This is not the first time the 7500 block of Astro Field has been the site of a sheriff's office search for a missing child. The same block was the focus of a public notice in November 2025 for 13-year-old Ayrianna Bruton, according to a post from the sheriff's office on Facebook. It is unclear whether the two cases are connected in any way, and the dossier does not indicate any relationship between them.

The search also follows a string of recent missing teen investigations across San Antonio's West Side. Hoodline previously reported on the case of 15-year-old Justin Sierra, who went missing from the same general area earlier this month. Suburban growth in far West Bexar County has coincided with a rise in missing youth reports handled by local deputies.

Why No Amber Alert Was Issued

Cases like this one typically do not trigger statewide AMBER or CLEAR alerts, because those emergency broadcasts require specific evidence of imminent bodily danger or abduction, per the San Antonio Report. Without that threshold being met, agencies instead lean on social media posts and media advisories to spread the word and generate tips, which is why public shares of law enforcement bulletins can matter so much in these searches.

Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar said last November that his office fields between three and 10 missing person reports every single day, and roughly 70% of those involve teenagers. That volume prompted the county to allocate $370,000 to establish a dedicated Missing Persons Unit within the sheriff's office, a move detailed by the San Antonio Report. Before the unit was created, missing person cases were handled alongside violent crimes by designated deputies rather than by a specialized team.

The Broader Pattern of Runaway and Missing Teen Cases

The scale of the issue extends well beyond Bexar County. Statewide data from the Texas Department of Public Safety Missing Persons Clearinghouse recorded 44,783 missing person reports in 2024, with juveniles under 18 accounting for more than 71% of all filings, Hoodline reported earlier this month. Many of those cases involve runaways who are eventually located, but officials stress that the risks increase the longer a teen remains missing.

Investigators assess a range of factors when deciding how to respond to a report, including a missing person's age, medical needs, the weather, and any history of running away, according to KSAT. Those risk assessments help determine whether deputies deploy field searches, drone technology, or mounted patrols. Officials also note there is no required waiting period to file a missing person report for a juvenile or an adult, a point of frequent public confusion according to the City of San Antonio.

Texas law also carries consequences for anyone who might shelter a missing minor without notifying authorities. Harboring a runaway juvenile is classified as a Class A misdemeanor under Penal Code § 25.06, punishable by up to a year in county jail and a fine of up to $5,000, a warning the sheriff's office routinely attaches to its missing juvenile bulletins. For now, Andres Juan-Woods remains missing, and the sheriff's office is continuing to ask the public to share any information that could help bring him home.