{"id":333424,"date":"2026-05-26T21:50:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T21:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/333424\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T21:50:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T21:50:10","slug":"fresno-county-authorities-seek-publics-help-locating-missing-18-year-old","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/333424\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresno County Authorities Seek Public\u2019s Help Locating Missing 18-Year-Old"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Fresno County Sheriff\u2019s Office is asking for the public\u2019s help in locating an 18-year-old man who has been missing since Sunday, May 17.<\/p>\n<p>Rigoberto Guzman Mendez, 18, was last seen leaving his home in Wonder Valley in Fresno County, according to the sheriff\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p>He is described as 5 feet 3 inches tall, weighing 130 pounds, with brown eyes and black hair.<\/p>\n<p><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/gvwire.com\/contact\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"GVWire-Ad-Get-our-mobile-app-1280\u00d790-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GVWire-Ad-Get-our-mobile-app-1280x90-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"   width=\"1280\" height=\"90\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Officials said the clothing shown in a center image of a flyer reflects what he was wearing when he left home, including a black shirt, brown pants and yellow shoes.<\/p>\n<p>He may also be wearing a light blue shirt seen in another photo in which he is holding it. Authorities said he only speaks Spanish.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-249358 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/707030736_1323526196586870_8387459274433014214_n-831x1024.jpg\" alt=\"The Fresno County Sheriff\u2019s Office is asking for the public\u2019s help in locating 18-year-old Rigoberto Guzman Mendez, who was last seen leaving his Wonder Valley home on May 17, 2026. (Fresno County SO)\" width=\"831\" height=\"1024\"  \/>The Fresno County Sheriff\u2019s Office is asking for the public\u2019s help in locating 18-year-old Rigoberto Guzman Mendez, who was last seen leaving his Wonder Valley home on May 17, 2026. (Fresno County SO)<br \/>\nGot a Tip?<\/p>\n<p>The sheriff\u2019s office is asking anyone with information about his whereabouts to contact the Fresno County Sheriff\u2019s Office at (559) 600-3111 or Detective Javier Puente at (559) 600-8135.<\/p>\n<p>The case number is 26-5747.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Connect with\u00a0\u00a0on social media. Got a tip? Send an\u00a0.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Fresno County Sheriff\u2019s Office is asking for the public\u2019s help in locating an 18-year-old man who has&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":333425,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-333424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=333424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333424\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/333425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=333424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=333424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=333424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}