Puerto Rico Police asked the public on Friday, November 13, for help finding José Luis Ortiz Picard, a 23-year-old reported missing in San Juan on November 1. His father, José Luis Ortiz Merced, reported him missing after contact was lost with him. According to the Puerto Rico Police Bureau, the young man was last seen during the afternoon of November 1, in a video call.
The disappearance was reported from the La Nueva Puerta public housing complex. Ortiz Picard was described as light-skinned, about six feet three inches tall, 140 pounds, with brown eyes and short light-brown hair. He was wearing a red Adidas sports jacket, light blue jeans and flip-flops.
He has a scar on one eyebrow and a small elongated fleshy lump on his right side. His father also told authorities that the young man has schizophrenia. The investigation is in the hands of agents from the Missing Persons Division of the San Juan Criminal Investigations Corps (CIC).
Anyone with information on his whereabouts can call the Police confidential line at 787-343-2020 or the Office of the Missing Persons Coordinator of the Auxiliary Superintendency in Criminal Investigations (SAIC) at 787-793-1234, extensions 2464 or 2463, or provide information through the Police’s official accounts on X, @PRPDNoticias, or Facebook at www.facebook.com/prpdgov. Police said all information will be handled confidentially.