AUSTIN (KXAN) — Susanna Arroyo pulled up a picture on her phone. It was the most recent one she had of Seferino Ybarra: a driver’s license photo.
She started walking toward a bus stop along Cameron Road in East Austin, showing it to anyone who crossed her path — anyone who might have any information about her older brother, missing for more than two years.
“I want to see who’s in these tents,” she said anxiously, nearing a small homeless camp in the grass just off the sidewalk.
It looked promising because there was a walker nearby, which could have belonged to Ybarra. A woman in the tent was sleeping, but there were no signs of her brother.
She approached a group of people closer the bus stop.
“He’s using a walker now,” she told them. “Was told by the police department that he was in this area. This is a picture of his driver’s license — more like what he would look like now.”
She had traveled the four-hour stretch from her home in Tyler many times before, looking into possible leads. The latest led her back to Austin just before Christmas. She had heard Ybarra was spotted at a state office trying to get a birth certificate.
Arroyo explained the veteran was diagnosed with cancer, and she worried about the toll of it all.
“The last time I spoke to him he … had lost his apartment. He was living homeless on the streets,” she said. “I’m just concerned that something will happen to him and we won’t know.”
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