Supervisor Kathryn Barger recommended extending a $10,000 reward in the case of 23-year-old Jose Juan Ahumada, who went missing from Palmdale amid suspicious circumstances on March 5, 2018.
The last known sighting of Ahumada was about 7 that evening, when he was seen leaving his residence in the 37000 block of Tamara Place to drive to a nearby store in his black Toyota Scion. He never returned home and his car was found 10 days later in North Hollywood.
Ahumada was described as having short brown hair, brown eyes and an “Ahumada” back tattoo. He was last seen wearing a black sweater, blue pants and black shoes.
Anyone with information on Ahumada’s is encouraged to call sheriff’s homicide detectives at 323-890-5500.
At Barger’s request, the board also extended a $10,000 reward in the case of Rodney Tyrone Richard, a 21-year-old man killed by a hit-and-run motorist on Lancaster Boulevard near Elm Street last summer.
Anyone with more information is encouraged to call sheriff’s Detective Ryan Bodily at 661-940-3811.
Both awards had been set to expire in the next few weeks, but will now be available for at least another 90 days.
People with information on either of the cases may also call Crime Stoppers at 800-222-TIPS (8477).
