His Disappearance Remains Unsolved After He Vanished In November, But While Investigators Claimed No Blood Was Found In His Abandoned Vehicle, His Mother Reportedly Saw Some While Working With A Private Investigator
Justin Urruita, a 41-year-old man from Texas, mysteriously vanished in November 2023. Now, over three months have passed since his disappearance, and the Pecos County Sheriff’s Office is puzzled over the circumstances.
Justin, a Sugar Land resident, was last seen at his home by his mother, Vicki, on November 6, 2023, at around 5:30 p.m. Afterward, his car was found abandoned on private property near mile marker 325 off of Interstate 10.
This discovery prompted Justin to be reported missing, and an intense investigation effort was launched.
“The landowner– he called and reported there was a vehicle that was abandoned, and it was left up halfway up a mountain. That was about ten-thirty or eleven o’clock in the morning when all this was started. That was the initial call,” said Chief Deputy Tulon Murphy.
According to Chief Murphy, Justin’s car wasn’t in good shape due to both the weather and terrain, which caused it to break down.
“The vehicle was right off the interstate by a couple hundred yards. He actually broke down and drove through a gate and tried to drive down a small mountain. He made it down the hill and made it up about halfway, and then the vehicle was disabled because of the terrain,” Chief Murphy explained.
Upon arriving on the scene and finding the abandoned vehicle, authorities deployed drones, helicopters, Utility Terrain Vehicles (UTVs), and foot patrol efforts to search the surrounding area.
The interior of Justin’s vehicle was also searched, and inside, his personal belongings, like his wallet and cell phone, were discovered. A Bible was also located on the passenger seat.
Despite the “extensive” searches, though, investigators still did not uncover any answers in Justin’s disappearance.
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“It’s a true mystery. We don’t know what happened to him,” said Pecos County Sheriff TJ Perkins.
The inside of Justin’s car was found to be “clean,” according to police. Yet, Justin’s mother, Vicki, tells a contrasting story.
She reportedly saw blood inside her son’s vehicle before it was given to investigators back in late January. At the time, a private investigator had used Luminol purchased from Amazon to reveal traces of blood.
“It was almost like an ‘aha’ moment, and shocking actually,” Vicki said.
An analysis of the GPS in Justin’s car– which was a Hyundai– also showed that he had been searching for a convenience store in Seguin not long after Vicki last saw him. Seguin was hours away from his home in Sugar Land.
Additionally, that same evening, Justin’s credit card was used at a sandwich shop located at a truck stop in Seguin. Then, it was used at a different truck stop located in San Antonio at 4:00 a.m.– just seven hours before Justin’s car was located around 11:00 a.m. in Pecos County.
This same credit card was located inside the abandoned vehicle, along with the rest of Justin’s personal belongings.
Back in November, authorities claimed that, upon questioning Justin’s family, they learned he had been taking medications for his mental health. He and his former fiancée had also split up earlier this year.
“The sheriff spoke with the family and was told that he had some mental problems that he needed to be medicated for. I don’t know what mental problems he had, but he did take medications,” Chief Murphy said.
Vicki is still hoping to find answers in her son’s case and is currently “waiting on Sugar Land investigators” to learn if they have uncovered any more clues.
However, in an interview with KRIV, Vicki said that she needs to accept the reality that Justin may not return home.
“It’s hard to find peace at all now,” she admitted.
But Vicki still pleaded for her son to get into contact with her if he could.
Justin is five foot ten, weighs 150 pounds, and has brown hair and blue eyes. It is unclear what he was wearing at the time of his disappearance.
If you have any information regarding his case or whereabouts, you are urged to contact the Pecos County Sheriff’s Office at (432) 336-3521.
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