CARSON, Calif. – Sheriff’s detectives reached out to the public Saturday for help locating an 18-year-old man who went missing in Carson and may be suffering from depression.

Leonel Valenzuela was last seen Monday near the 1000 block of East Victoria Street, according to the Sheriff’s Information Bureau.
Valenzuela is described as Hispanic, 5 feet, 6 inches tall, 110 pounds, with short brown hair, brown eyes, a mustache and a tattoo with the numbers “102971” on the right side of his neck. The bureau described the tattoo as being in Roman numerals, which would be written, “CIICMLXVII.”
He was last seen wearing a black shirt, jeans, a gold chain and diamond stud earrings in both ears. Valenzuela may be driving a gray 2015 Nissan Sentra with a California license plate of 7PPP576.
Anyone with information was asked to call the sheriff’s Missing Persons Unit at 323-890-5500 or Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477.