Carlos Diaz Missing Person Case

Dec 12, 2008

Jan 12, 2024

Carlos

Diaz

71

32

68 inches

165 lbs

Hispanic / Latino

Male

In the winter of 1986, a family in the New York City borough of the Bronx was forever changed by the sudden and perplexing disappearance of 32-year-old Carlos Diaz. On December 23, just two days before Christmas, Carlos was last seen in his neighborhood. The circumstances of his disappearance are as unusual as they are heartbreaking; he had told his family he was taking his dog, which had recently died, to bury it somewhere between 161st and 165th Street. Carlos never came back home. His brother, concerned when Carlos did not return, went to look for him. He made a troubling discovery: the dog was found unburied, and there was no sign of Carlos. Carlos Diaz was a Hispanic male with dark brown hair and brown eyes, standing at approximately five feet seven inches tall. He had a distinctive tattoo of his initials, "CD," on his left hand. At the time he vanished, he was not carrying any form of identification. His family, including a baby daughter he left behind, was adamant that he would not have voluntarily abandoned them. They have long held the belief that foul play was involved in his disappearance. Adding to their concern was the fact that Carlos had a pre-existing medical condition and had also sustained a head injury at some point before he went missing, which could have potentially caused memory loss. For decades, the case of Carlos Diaz's disappearance has remained cold, with very few details available to shed light on what might have happened to him on that December day. Law enforcement has kept the case open, hoping that new information might one day surface. His family has been left in a state of uncertainty, holding onto the hope for answers and closure. The official classification for his case is that of an endangered missing person. The overview of this case is one of profound and sudden loss, marked by strange circumstances and a painful lack of evidence. A simple, compassionate act of burying a beloved pet seemingly culminated in a mystery that has endured for years, leaving a family to wonder about the fate of a son, brother, and father.

Dec 23, 1986

Bronx

New York

Bronx County

6118

New York City Police Department - Missing Persons Squad

New York

New York

New York County

10039

2770 Frederick Douglass Boulevard, New York

2126947781

Local

Law Enforcement

MP0805877

New York City Police Department - Missing Persons Squad

4259

Brown

Brown

Brown

09/06/2026