Crime & Safety
Help Sought in Search for Missing Southbay Teacher
Ernie Valenzuela, 60, a teacher at Hull Middle School went missing after going on a medical leave.
TORRANCE, CA -- Torrance police on Monday sought public help to find a man who was reported missing after going on medical leave from his teaching job at a middle school.
Ernie Valenzuela, 60, is a teacher at Hull Middle School, the Torrance Police Department reported.
According to police, Valenzuela was at his doctor's office last week, but hasn't been seen since. He is described as Hispanic, 6-foot-1 and 210 pounds, with gray hair and brown eyes.
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Anyone seeing him was urged to call police at (310) 618-5570.
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