Jose was last seen at approximately 1:30am at a friend's residence in the vicinity of Moore Rd. and Dove St. in Alamo, TX. His vehicle is also missing and is described as a maroon, four door, 1994 Chevy Corsica with a cracked windshield, tinted windows, missing piece of right tail light, missing black back door trim on passenger side, imprint on rear window of the name "Gonzalez" and a "Tweety Bird" character from stickers that were removed, and TX Lic. # R30 SKB. In July of 2006 his vehicle was found abandoned off of Val Verde and Business 83 in Pharr, Texas, the city where he lived at the time of his disappearance. There was no sign of him at the scene.