Detectives with the Missing Person Unit are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 65-year-old Jose Villafranco Rivera.  Jose was last seen by his family on November 1, 2011 at 7:00 pm when he left his home driving his 1985 white Dodge Truck, L.P. 04JYY3. 

The family last spoke to Jose by phone around 8:oo pm that evening and he has not been heard of since.

Jose is a local minister and a retired school teacher here in our area.  He is an insulin dependent diabetic and is on several medications for various illnesses.

If anyone knows where Jose can be located or if you have seen his vehicle we ask you to contact Detective R.L. Garcia  361-886-2850 or call the Corpus Christi Police Department at 361-886-2600.

Updated on 11/02/11, 3:19 p.m.

Thank you for the assistance provided involving Missing Person Jose Villafranco Rivera.  His family has notified the Corpus Christi Police Department’s Missing Person’s Unit of  his whereabouts.  Mr. Villafranco Rivera was found safe just north of San Antonio, TX.