Family pleads for information on man missing since Sunday

Missing: Mark Anthony Gutierrez; call 210-207-7660 if you have seen him

SAN ANTONIO – The San Antonio Police Department is asking for the public's help in locating Mark Anthony Gutierrez.

Police said Gutierrez was last seen Sunday in the 500 block of North Loop 1604 East, though, his family said he vanished before 8 p.m. Sunday after leaving his aunt's West Side home at Mickeljohn and North Zarzamora streets.   

His girlfriend, April Martinez, said she got a disturbing phone call from Gutierrez’s phone on Monday.

“I answered it, and I asked, 'Where are you?' And a female answered and said, 'I’m sorry, I have bad news to tell you. He's deceased.' Of course, I freaked out and started crying,” Martinez said.

Martinez said the woman on the other end refused to give any more information and never called back.

The family is making a heartfelt plea to anyone with information on the disappearance to come forward.

“Please, if ya'll seen him, if you know something about him, tell me," said Rosalinda Garcia, Gutierrez’s mother.

Gutierrez was wearing a white hoodie, gray sweat pants and tennis shoes. He has a tattoo of lips on his neck and the name "April" tattooed on his right forearm. 

He is 35 years old, 5 feet, 6 inches tall, weighs 140 pounds and has brown eyes and brown hair.

If you have seen Gutierrez or have any information on his whereabouts, please call the San Antonio Police Department's Missing Persons Unit at 210-207-7660.


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