Overview

Full Name: Moises Uribe

Age at Disappearance: 29 years old

Date of Birth: April 2, 1980

Date Last Seen: May 31, 2009

Last Reported City: Concord, Contra Costa County, California

Significant Evidence Location: Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco Bay Area, California

Case Classification: Missing Person

Investigating Agency: Concord Police Department

Police Case Number: 0911642

NamUs Case Number: MP51455

Publicly Documented Status: Listed as missing in available records; no confirmed resolution located.

Case Overview: Moises Uribe disappeared on May 31, 2009, at the age of 29. During the early morning hours of June 1, his vehicle was reportedly discovered running and abandoned on the Golden Gate Bridge. Uribe was not located with the vehicle, and available missing-person information indicates that he has not been seen or heard from since his disappearance. The circumstances surrounding his absence remain unresolved in the publicly available information.

Detailed Case Breakdown

Case Summary

Full Name: Moises Uribe

Age at Disappearance: 29 years old

Date of Birth: April 2, 1980

Date Last Seen: May 31, 2009

Last Reported City: Concord, Contra Costa County, California

Significant Evidence Location: Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco Bay Area, California

Case Classification: Missing Person

Investigating Agency: Concord Police Department

Police Case Number: 0911642

NamUs Case Number: MP51455

Publicly Documented Status: Listed as missing in available records; no confirmed resolution located.

Case Overview: Moises Uribe disappeared on May 31, 2009, at the age of 29. During the early morning hours of June 1, his vehicle was reportedly discovered running and abandoned on the Golden Gate Bridge. Uribe was not located with the vehicle, and available missing-person information indicates that he has not been seen or heard from since his disappearance. The circumstances surrounding his absence remain unresolved in the publicly available information.

Background and Circumstances of the Disappearance

Moises Uribe was a 29-year-old man associated with Concord, a city in Contra Costa County in Northern California, when he disappeared in late May 2009. His date of birth is recorded as April 2, 1980, in the California Department of Justice missing-person database.

Publicly accessible records provide limited information about Uribe’s personal life before his disappearance. Details about his occupation, family relationships, education, daily routines, and activities immediately preceding his disappearance could not be independently established from the sources reviewed. Those gaps should not be interpreted as evidence that such information was unavailable to investigators.

The central event in the case occurred around the transition from May 31 to June 1, 2009. Missing-person information identifies May 31 as Uribe’s disappearance date. During the early morning hours of June 1, his vehicle was reportedly found running and abandoned on the Golden Gate Bridge.

The Golden Gate Bridge connects San Francisco with Marin County across the Golden Gate strait. Its location over the water makes the discovery of an unattended vehicle there a particularly significant circumstance, but the location alone does not establish what happened to the vehicle’s owner.

Available accounts do not establish exactly when Uribe arrived at the bridge, who last saw him, or whether anyone witnessed him leaving his vehicle. The publicly available information reviewed also does not identify the precise location of the vehicle on the bridge or explain how authorities initially discovered it.

Uribe was not found with the vehicle. His disappearance subsequently became the subject of a missing-person case associated with the Concord Police Department.

The distinction between his last reported date of disappearance and the discovery of his vehicle is important. May 31, 2009, is the recorded missing date, while the vehicle discovery is described as occurring in the early hours of June 1. The available information does not establish his precise movements during the intervening period.

Investigation History and Evidence

The Abandoned Vehicle

The most significant publicly reported circumstance in Moises Uribe’s disappearance is the discovery of his vehicle on the Golden Gate Bridge. The vehicle was reportedly still running when it was found abandoned during the early morning hours of June 1, 2009.

This discovery provides a documented connection between Uribe’s disappearance and the bridge. However, the available public accounts do not establish how long the vehicle had been unattended or what happened after its driver left it.

No verified public documentation located for this article describes the vehicle’s make, model, license plate, condition, or forensic examination. Likewise, the reviewed sources do not establish whether investigators recovered personal belongings, fingerprints, biological evidence, or other items from inside the vehicle.

Without those details, it would be inappropriate to draw conclusions about the circumstances under which the vehicle was abandoned.

Law Enforcement Involvement

The California Department of Justice identifies the Concord Police Department as the law enforcement agency associated with Uribe’s missing-person record. The state database lists police case number 0911642.

Uribe is also associated with National Missing and Unidentified Persons System case number 51455, providing an additional reference for identifying the missing-person case.

The existence of these records confirms that his disappearance has been documented in missing-person information systems. It does not, by itself, reveal the full extent of investigative activity or establish whether particular leads have been ruled out.

Searches, Witnesses, and Forensic Findings

The reviewed public sources do not provide a sufficiently detailed account of any initial search operation, including whether water searches, aerial searches, bridge surveillance reviews, or coordinated searches involving multiple agencies were conducted.

No verified witness statement describing Uribe’s final movements was located. Nor was a publicly confirmed forensic finding identified that establishes whether he entered the water, traveled elsewhere, or encountered another person after the vehicle was abandoned.

These limitations concern the information available to the public. They should not be taken to mean that investigators conducted no searches, interviewed no witnesses, or collected no evidence.

No publicly verified arrest, criminal charge, identified suspect, or recovery of remains connected to Uribe’s disappearance was established through the reviewed sources.

Theories and Unresolved Questions

The circumstances surrounding Moises Uribe’s disappearance leave several important questions unanswered. Although the discovery of his running vehicle on the Golden Gate Bridge is a significant fact, the available evidence does not establish why the vehicle was left there or what subsequently happened to him.

Could Uribe Have Entered the Water?

Because Uribe’s vehicle was reportedly discovered on a bridge spanning the Golden Gate strait, one possibility is that he entered the water. However, no verified public account reviewed for this article establishes that anyone witnessed him jumping or falling, or that physical evidence conclusively supports such an event.

It would therefore be inaccurate to classify his disappearance as a confirmed suicide, accidental death, or drowning. The vehicle’s location raises a question; it does not answer it.

Could He Have Left the Bridge by Another Means?

Another unresolved question is whether Uribe departed the bridge area without his vehicle. The publicly available record does not establish whether he was seen walking away, entered another vehicle, or continued traveling by some other means.

There is no verified public evidence in the reviewed material establishing that he deliberately disappeared or began a new life elsewhere. Such possibilities should not be presented as investigative findings without supporting documentation.

Was Foul Play Involved?

The available information does not establish that Uribe was the victim of a homicide, kidnapping, or other violent crime. No publicly confirmed suspect, motive, or evidence of an assault was identified in the reviewed records.

At the same time, the absence of publicly disclosed evidence does not establish precisely what happened. The appropriate classification remains a missing-person case unless reliable investigative or legal findings establish otherwise.

Questions That Remain Unanswered

• What were Uribe’s final confirmed movements on May 31, 2009?
• When did his vehicle arrive at the Golden Gate Bridge?
• Did anyone see Uribe leave the vehicle?
• Was relevant surveillance footage available to investigators?
• Were personal belongings or other potentially useful evidence recovered?
• Did investigators develop information about his movements before the vehicle was discovered?
• Has any subsequent evidence helped establish what happened to him?

These are outstanding questions arising from the limited public record, not claims that particular evidence exists or that investigators failed to pursue specific leads.

Latest Publicly Available Investigative Updates

As of the public-source review conducted on October 31, 2026, Moises Uribe continues to appear in available California missing-person records. The California Department of Justice identifies the Concord Police Department as the responsible law enforcement agency and provides an official case reference number.

No publicly confirmed recent investigative breakthrough was located in the sources reviewed. Specifically, no verified announcement was identified reporting that Uribe had been located, that remains had been positively identified as his, or that a criminal prosecution had resolved the circumstances of his disappearance.

No recent official announcement concerning DNA testing, forensic genetic genealogy, a new suspect, or a newly released investigative finding was verified during this review.

The continued availability of a missing-person record should not be mistaken for evidence of a newly reopened investigation or a recent development. Likewise, the absence of a public update does not establish that law enforcement has stopped working on the case.

The Concord Police Department remains the appropriate agency to contact for authoritative information about the current investigative status, any evidence not publicly disclosed, and whether new information has been received.

Conclusion and Public Appeal for Information

More than seventeen years after Moises Uribe disappeared, the central mystery remains unresolved in the publicly available record. A 29-year-old man vanished in Northern California, and his vehicle was reportedly found running and abandoned on the Golden Gate Bridge the following morning.

What happened before the vehicle was discovered, why it was left there, and where Uribe went afterward remain unanswered questions.

Behind the dates and case numbers is a person whose disappearance deserves continued attention and careful reporting. Any meaningful resolution must be based on verified evidence rather than assumptions about the bridge or the circumstances of the abandoned vehicle.

Anyone who witnessed unusual activity involving an unattended vehicle on the Golden Gate Bridge during the night of May 31 or early morning of June 1, 2009, or who has credible information about Moises Uribe’s whereabouts, is encouraged to contact the Concord Police Department at (925) 671-3240 and reference case number 0911642.

Information may also be provided through the California Department of Justice missing-person hotline at 1-800-222-FIND (1-800-222-3463). Even information that seems minor may be worth sharing with investigators. Members of the public should not attempt to investigate or confront anyone independently.

Until reliable information establishes what happened, Moises Uribe’s case should continue to be understood and discussed as an unresolved disappearance.