Oakland police are seeking information about Hector Ramirez-Torres, 24, who was last seen November 2 in the 2600 block of Parker Avenue. Police have classified him as an at-risk missing person. The department identified black Crocs as the only clothing detail it had, but did not describe his other clothing.
The appeal came in a post titled “Missing Person Hector Ramirez-Torres: At Risk,” published Thursday night by the Oakland Police Department on Facebook. According to the department, Ramirez-Torres is described as a Hispanic male standing 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighing 150 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes.
What Investigators Know So Far
The department’s post does not say what else Ramirez-Torres was wearing or provide further details about the circumstances of his disappearance. Police said the last confirmed sighting was in the Parker Avenue area on November 2; the department published its appeal nearly two weeks later.
Police have labeled Ramirez-Torres an at-risk missing person but have not released further details about the circumstances surrounding his disappearance.
Research on Wandering
A 2016 study by Rice and colleagues, available through the National Library of Medicine’s PubMed Central, reported that about one-half of children and youth with autism in its survey had ever wandered after age 4. The finding concerns children and youth, not adults, and does not establish what happened to Ramirez-Torres.
How To Help
Anyone with information about Ramirez-Torres’s whereabouts is asked to contact the Oakland Police Department’s Missing Persons Unit at (510) 238-3641. Investigators have not indicated whether any leads have come in since the appeal was posted.
