Missing Man: Luis Vargas Montes -- NC -- 08/15/2008

[LoriDavis]

http://www.newsobserver.com/2662/story/1185918.html

Wake Forest police still searching for missing man
 

Luis Vargas Montes

The Wake Forest Police Department is still searching for a Hispanic man missing since Friday afternoon.
The search for Luis Vargas Montes now involves the Wake County Sheriff’s Office, the Raleigh Fire Department, Wake County EMS, the N.C. Highway Patrol, and N.C. Urban Search and Rescue Task Force 8.

Montes is Hispanic, 5-foot-5, 150 pounds and has short brown hair, brown eyes and medium complexion.

Montes' family reported him missing on Saturday. His white, four-door Oldsmobile was located Monday on Six Forks Road in the Falls Lake area. Investigators are unsure if Montes left the vehicle, took off, or is the victim of foul play.

Anyone with information regarding his whereabouts is asked to contact the Wake Forest Police Department at 919-556-9111. Anonymous tips will be accepted.

[Denise]

http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/1187030.html

Wake Forest man hasn't been located

WAKE FOREST - Police are looking for a man missing since Friday. Luis Vargas Montes, 34, is 5 feet 5 inches tall, weighs 150 pounds, and has short brown hair and brown eyes.

He was last seen Friday afternoon; his family reported him missing the next day, said Wake Forest police.

Vargas' car was found Monday on Six Forks Road near Falls Lake.

Anyone with information is asked to call Wake Forest police at 556-9111. Callers can remain anonymous.

[Denise]

http://www.newsobserver.com/news/wake/story/1189949.html

DNA taken from car of missing man

WAKE FOREST - A detective this week took DNA swabs from the car of a man who has been missing since last Friday.
Luis Vargas Montes was last seen in Wake Forest, at a bank. His family reported him missing a week ago.

His supervisor at his job told police Montes hadn't missed a day in eight years without telling someone, according to a search warrant returned Friday.

Montes, 34, is 5 feet 5, weighs 150 pounds, and has short brown hair and brown eyes.

His boss found his 1992 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme on Six Forks Road near the Upper Barton Creek boat ramp at Falls Lake. According to the warrant, a Wake Forest detective took DNA swabs, fingerprints, a cell phone, work boots and a roll of black duct tape from the car.

Anyone with information is asked to call Wake Forest police at 556-9111. Tips can be made anonymously.

[LoriDavis]

http://www.newsobserver.com/141/story/1608837.html
Missing man's dental records sought
BY THOMASI MCDONALD - Staff Writer
Published: Wed, Jul. 15, 2009 04:29PM
Modified Wed, Jul. 15, 2009 04:28PM

WAKE FOREST — Police obtained this week the dental records of a Wake Forest man who has been missing for nearly a year, according to court records made public today.

Investigators on Tuesday obtained from the offices of Gentle Family Dentistry in Wake Forest the dental records of Luis Vargas Montes.

Montes was first reported missing to Wake Forest police on Aug. 16, 2008 by his employer Earl Dillard, according to a search warrant application filed today at the Wake County Clerk of Courts Office.

Montes' girlfriend, Lucina Rios Jardinez, called Dillard after the missing man failed the day before on Aug. 15, to pick up their child from the baby sitter, according to the search warrant application.

Dillard told the police that he last saw Montes on Aug. 15, a Friday, about 5 p.m. as he was leaving work.

Dillard told police he repeatedly called Montes' cell phone starting at 10 p.m. when Jardinez called him, concerned about Montes' whereabouts, court records show.

Jardinez told police that she had not seen the father of her son since Aug. 15 at 6:30 a.m., when he left for work, court records show.

Two days after reporting Montes missing, Dillard called the police and told them he had found the vehicle Montes was driving.

Police found the vehicle with its windows rolled down alongside Six Forks Road, near Falls Lake, K.C. Warren, a Wake Forest police detective, stated in the search warrant application.

Investigators found the keys to the vehicle and Montes cell phone inside, court record show.

On Aug. 21, police, with the assistance of county and state law enforcement, searched the surrounding area and portions of Falls Lake for Montes. They did not find the missing man, Warren stated.

Police are hoping the dental records they obtained can be compared to dental data that is a part the National Crime Information Center's Missing Person File, Warren stated.

Wake Forest investigators will compare Montes' dental records with the NCIC's unidentified persons file, court records show.

[LoriDavis]

https://www.findthemissing.org/cases/3837/0/
NamUs profile for Luis Montes - Case 3837

[Jenn]

Charley Project Profile for Luis: http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/m/montes_luis.html