{"id":367,"date":"2026-05-14T21:05:35","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T21:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/?p=367"},"modified":"2026-05-14T21:05:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T21:05:35","slug":"texas-family-desperate-to-find-missing-18-year-old-with-autism-who-traveled-to-miami","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/?p=367","title":{"rendered":"Texas family desperate to find missing 18-year-old with autism who traveled to Miami"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>A Texas grandmother is putting out a desperate plea for help to find her 18-year-old grandson with autism, who disappeared over the weekend in Miami.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/?p=365\">Miami Beach hotel facing lawsuit after man allegedly groped 11-year-old tourist in pool<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Andrew Torres was last seen Saturday in the area of the Costa Norte Boutique Hotel at 7130 Harding Avenue in Miami Beach, according to Miami Beach Police.<\/p>\n<p>Michelle Lowe-Christensen described her grandson as high-functioning, outgoing and fascinated with Miami.<\/p>\n<p>She said Torres left work in Austin, Texas, last Wednesday, and his family knew something was wrong when he didn\u2019t return home at his usual time.<\/p>\n<p>Family members later discovered he had gone to the airport and boarded a flight to Miami.<\/p>\n<p>Torres has stopped answering calls and texts, his family said, believing he knew they would try to stop him from making the trip.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/?p=363\">News<\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to his family, Torres arrived in South Florida early Thursday morning. Surveillance video showed him outside the Costa Norte Boutique Hotel, where he was staying.<\/p>\n<p>What began as a plea for help on TikTok has since turned into a full-scale search across Miami.<\/p>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<section> @themichellelowe <\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s an update on Jon. We will continue to look through the night. We have narrowed down our search to a 2.5 mile location.<\/p>\n<p> \u266c original sound &#8211; Michelle Lowe <\/section>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<p>His grandmother said all contact stopped Saturday, and there has been no activity in his bank accounts. His phone last pinged Saturday in downtown Miami.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/?p=361\">News<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Torres is described as 5-foot-6, 130-140 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes.  <\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information is asked to call Miami Beach Police at 305-673-7900.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Texas grandmother is putting out a desperate plea for help to find her 18-year-old grandson with autism, who disappeared over the weekend in Miami.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":366,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[82],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-missing-persons"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Texas family desperate to find missing 18-year-old with autism who traveled to Miami - 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