MISSING PERSON
CASE #: 2004-71
Santos Rios Luna
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Open
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Missing From:
Hornbrook, CA
Summary:
Santos Rios Luna, 82, was traveling south on Interstate 5 from Medford, Oregon, with his daughter on March 20, 2004, when their vehicle overheated between Hornbrook and the California agricultural inspection station. The two became separated, and when his daughter returned he was gone. He has never been found.
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Circumstances of Disappearance:
Santos Rios Luna, 82, was traveling southbound on Interstate 5 from Medford, Oregon, with his daughter on Saturday, March 20, 2004. According to the Siskiyou County Sheriff's Office, their vehicle overheated on the freeway between Hornbrook, California, and the California agricultural inspection station (the Hornbrook border protection station on Interstate 5, about a mile and a half north of Hornbrook). Father and daughter became separated while dealing with the breakdown, and when his daughter returned to the vehicle, Mr. Luna was missing. He was last seen wearing a blue baseball cap, a yellow and black checkered shirt, tan pants, white sandals and black socks. He had short, wavy gray hair, brown eyes and wore prescription glasses. He was described as 5 feet 6 inches tall and about 208 pounds. The Siskiyou County Sheriff's Office took the missing person report the same day. No further details of the search or investigation have been made public, and no news coverage of his disappearance could be located. His case was entered in the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System in June 2024, and the Sheriff's Office lists him among its unsolved missing person cases. Santos Rios Luna has never been heard from again. If alive, he would now be over 100 years old. His case remains open.
Additional Details:
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Siskiyou County Sheriff's Office, 305 Butte Street, Yreka, CA 96097: 24-hour dispatch (530) 841-2900, headquarters (530) 842-8300. The Sheriff's Office lists this case on its Unsolved Siskiyou website, launched February 5, 2025, which asks the public to share any information, however small.
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The Siskiyou County Sheriff's Office launches its Unsolved Siskiyou website listing his case among the county's unsolved missing person cases.
His case is entered in the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs).
Santos Rios Luna, traveling south on Interstate 5 from Medford, Oregon, with his daughter, is last seen when their vehicle overheats between Hornbrook and the California agricultural inspection station. He is reported missing to the Siskiyou County Sheriff's Office the same day.
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