MADERA, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 A family in San Jose is asking for the public\u2019s help to find Steven Torres, a vulnerable missing man last seen in Madera on Aug. 1, 2026.<\/p>\n
Torres, born May 1, 1984, is described as a Latino man who is 5-foot-10 to 5-foot-11 and weighs between 180 and 200 pounds.<\/p>\n
He has tattoos including a Huelga bird on his forearm, an \u201cS\u201d on his left calf and a \u201cJ\u201d on his right calf.<\/p>\n
Madera police said Torres was last seen on Almond Avenue in Madera wearing a white shirt and black or gray pants and carrying a black duffle bag.<\/p>\n
A family member said Torres has been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and needs to be taking his medication.<\/p>\n
The family member said the last time they spoke with him was Aug. 1, 2026, and that he normally speaks with the family member\u2019s wife daily, multiple times a day.<\/p>\n
The family member said Torres had been living with his brother in Fresno and went to Madera to try to get help and get into a men\u2019s home through Victory Outreach, but \u201che apparently was let go from that program we don’t know why.\u201d<\/p>\n
The family member said they are unsure whether Torres is in Madera or Fresno and are concerned he could be a danger to himself or others.<\/p>\n
Anyone who sees Torres is asked to call the Madera Police Department.<\/p>\n
The family provided these contact numbers: 669-258-9675 for his mother and 408-960-5936 for his brother.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MADERA, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 A family in San Jose is asking for the public\u2019s help to find Steven…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":433295,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[88,90,89],"class_list":["post-433294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433294","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=433294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433294\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/433295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=433294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=433294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=433294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}