Missing Since: 1998-04-18 Location: Bremerton, Washington
Valdovinos was an apprentice fireman, engineman striker assigned to the USS Ranier (AOE-7) in 1998, which was homeported in Bremerton, Washington. He was last seen on a ferry ride from Seattle, Washington to Bremerton when he disappeared on April 18, 1998 between 4:00 and 5:15 a.m. A ferry crew member told authorities that an individual matching Valdvinos’s description was seen on a return trip to Seattle later in the morning, but it is not known if the man was indeed Valdovinos. He was born in Arteaga, Mexico. Valdovinos’s case remains unsolved. Investigating Agency Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) Washington D.C. Headquarters 202-433-9225 800-479-9685 NCIS Resident Agency Bremerton, Washington 360-476-3560 Source Information Naval Criminal Investigative Service Updated 1 time since October 12, 2004. Last updated June 30, 2015; details of disappearance updated.