Paul Netto

SAN FRANCISCO—The San Francisco Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance to locate an at-risk missing person. Paul Netto, 22, of Los Angeles was visiting San Francisco, when he disappeared on October 28. On Monday, October 28, Netto contacted relatives in Brazil and a friend in Los Angeles saying that he was in trouble.

He indicated that he was being followed and needed police help. This was the last time that Netto was heard from.  According to a press release from the SFPD, his sister arrived in San Francisco and filed a missing person’s report. In the report, her brother is listed under the name Paul Reis and may be in an altered state of mind. Phone records show that Netto was in the region of the 500 block of Shotwell on October 28 at 11 p.m.

The victim is approximately 6 feet tall, 180 pounds. He has brown hair and brown eyes. Netto speaks English and Portuguese and may be carrying a dark colored backpack and an iPhone 5. Authorities do not have a description of the clothing that Netto was wearing at the time of his disappearance. The SFPD has released a photo of a person of interest in the case.

Anyone with information on the disappearance of Paul Netto is asked to contact the San Francisco Police Department.

By LaDale Anderson