{"id":438510,"date":"2026-08-20T17:06:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T17:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/438510\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T17:06:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T17:06:09","slug":"investigators-seeking-tips-in-mysterious-death-of-man-in-north-county-san-diego-union-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/438510\/","title":{"rendered":"Investigators seeking tips in mysterious death of man in North County \u2013 San Diego Union-Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"

Authorities are seeking the public\u2019s help in determining the circumstances surrounding the death of a 56-year-old man whose body was found in North County after he was reported missing early last year.<\/p>\n

\"JorgeJorge Soares. (Courtesy of San Diego County Crime Stoppers)<\/p>\n

Jorge Soares was reported missing by his family on Jan. 13, 2025. He was later found dead in northern San Diego County; officials did not specify when or where. Detectives from the sheriff\u2019s Major Crimes Division said the circumstances of his death remain unknown.<\/p>\n

Investigators determined Soares was living in Escondido in 2024. He also frequently visited San Bernardino County, specifically the Victorville and Hesperia areas, according to the San Diego County Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n

Soares, who went by the nickname \u201cStone,\u201d was 5 feet, 9 inches tall and weighed 175 pounds. He had brown eyes and brown hair, though authorities say he was last known to have a shaved head and a goatee. He also had tattoos on both arms.<\/p>\n

San Diego County Crime Stoppers is offering a reward of up to $1,000 to anyone with information that leads to an arrest in the case.<\/p>\n

Anyone with information regarding Soares\u2019 death was asked to contact sheriff\u2019s Detective Aaron Bert at 858-285-6362. Anonymous tips can be made to the Crime Stoppers tip line at 888-580-8477 or online at sdcrimestoppers.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Authorities are seeking the public\u2019s help in determining the circumstances surrounding the death of a 56-year-old man whose…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":438511,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[7,138,10428,181,23,100,3054,74,84,76,75],"class_list":["post-438510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-california","tag-crime-and-public-safety","tag-escondido","tag-latest-headlines","tag-local-news","tag-news","tag-north-county","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-county","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438510","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=438510"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438510\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/438511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=438510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=438510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=438510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}