MyNewsLA.com reported Thursday that authorities had located 34-year-old transgender woman Jesus Salvador Valadez, also known as Kim Paola. She was last seen around 10 p.m. on September 16 in the 9400 block of Firestone Boulevard in Downey, according to MyNewsLA.com.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department had considered Valadez at risk because she depends on medication and had asked the public for help locating her, MyNewsLA.com reported: MyNewsLA.com.
Details on Her Whereabouts Remain Unclear
Authorities have not released the location where Valadez was found, per the same account. It also remains unclear exactly when or how she was located, as officials have not provided further details beyond confirming that the at-risk missing person has been located.
The confirmation establishes that Valadez was located, but does not say whether she was found safe or explain the circumstances of her disappearance and recovery.
What Missing-Person Statistics Show
The FBI’s 2024 NCIC statistics report 533,936 missing-person records entered and 537,446 purged that year. These totals are not adult-specific. Purges include records for people located or returned home, as well as records deemed invalid, so they are not counts of unresolved people or confirmed recoveries, according to the FBI.
