THE MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF ALEJANDRO ARZOLA

On the afternoon of June 20, Alejandro Arzola was driving along Northwest Highway toward the Interstate 635 onramp when he crashed and rolled his blue Dodge Ram truck in an apparent single-car accident. Afterward, he called his girlfriend and told her he’d been in an accident. He was OK, he told her, and he and asked her to come pick him up. According to 32-year-old Arzola’s family, the girlfriend did not have a car and could not reach him. He’d have to find another way home.

When Dallas Police officers arrived at the scene, they found the wrecked truck but no Arzola. At first, everyone assumed he’d found another ride, but hours and days went by and no one heard from him. Now Arzola’s family is still searching for answers.

“It is not like him to disappear, and for over a month, it is just not something he would do,” his sister Yadira Arzola says. He has two children, ages 13 and 5, and the eldest is worried to tears some days, she says. “We are trying to stick together and support the kids,” she says. “But it this really hard, and confusing.”

Arzola says her brother drinks alcohol occasionally but has no known history of substance abuse or mental problems. She says she “has no idea” if he was drinking the day he disappeared. She says she thinks he might have been shaken or shocked following the accident. During that last phone call, when his girlfriend asked where he was, he seemed initially confused, Arzola says.

He grew up in Dallas, in Oak Cliff mostly. The close-knit family has always lived around the central and east Dallas region, so he should be familiar with the area, she says.

She says police are exploring the possibilities of him leaving the scene intentionally. They have to explore all the possibilities, she says.

Anyone with information is asked to call Dallas police at 214.671.4268.