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David Marchan (Courtesy photo Alis Vides)
David Marchan
Missing Person
Age at Report: 18
Date of Birth: November 11, 1982
Weight: 180 lbs.
Height: 5’05” – 5’06”
Race: Hispanic/American
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Brown
Sex: Male
Missing From: Des Moines, IA
Polk County
Missing Since: January 1, 2001
Courtesy photo TwitterDavid Marchan’s younger brother set up a Twitter account in hopes of generating information about his missing brother. Click the image to visit the Twitter page.
David Marchan was reported missing to the Des Moines Police Department in Des Moines on January 1, 2001. He usually wears Docker-type pants and button-down collared shirts. His left ear is pierced.
He has tattoos on his chest (hands), and the words “En memoria de mi jefecito” and the word “dice.”
David’s disappearance has also been listed with the California Department of Justice, Missing and Unidentified Persons Unit. (Their case number is 0716023.)
According to a Twitter account set up for Marchan by his younger brother, Marchan fled to Los Angeles, California because he was a witness to a murder and felt he was next.
David Marchan was born in Chicago on November 11, 1982, raised in Los Angeles, and had lived in Iowa before returning to L.A.
Information Needed
If you have any information on the whereabouts of David Marchan, please contact the Des Moines Police Department at (515) 283-4800 or the California Dept. of Justice at (916) 227-3290.
Sources:
- Iowa Department of Public Safety Missing Person Information Clearinghouse
- Twitter page for David Marchan
- Facebook page for David Marchan
- Alis Vides, Personal Correspondence to Iowa Cold Cases, March 30, 2013
- California Department of Justice, Missing and Unidentified Persons Unit
he is probably in Mexico
Do you have a reason to think this?
being of mexican descent he would fit in there no problem especially if he was running from someone. thats what i would do
David has been entered into Namus: https://www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Case#/54906
And his sister has a twitter account that she’s using to help look for him: https://www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Case#/54906
I wonder where the murder he witnessed took place. He has connections to Chicago, Des Moines and now Los Angeles. He most likely would be using an alias to better not be tracked online.