Houston police seek help finding missing man last seen in Little Saigon

Houston police are asking residents in southwest Houston to help find Timothy Thomas, a 36-year-old man who was last seen in the Little Saigon area near West Sam Houston Parkway South and Bellaire Boulevard. Loved ones last spoke with him on May 10, and police say he was last seen in early May wearing black pants, a blue shirt and a blue hat. Thomas is described as 5 feet 8 inches tall and about 135 pounds.

Anyone who sees someone matching that description, or who remembers seeing Thomas in the Bellaire corridor, can call HPD Missing Person Intake at 832-394-1840. Houston Police Department says there is no 24-hour waiting period to report a missing person of any age, and its Missing Persons Desk is staffed around the clock. The department’s public phone directory also lists Missing Persons for adults at the same number.

The location of the case gives local neighbors a narrow area to focus on. Little Saigon sits along Bellaire Boulevard west of Chinatown and is one of the largest Vietnamese enclaves in the United States. The surrounding Alief and southwest Houston corridor is a dense, diverse commercial district with large Asian, Latin American and African American communities, which means the streets around Bellaire Boulevard and West Sam Houston Parkway South see constant daily traffic from shoppers, workers and commuters.

That makes a detailed sighting especially important. A tip about where Thomas was last seen, which direction he was headed, or whether he entered a business, parking lot or vehicle could help investigators tighten the timeline. Police and the Texas Missing Persons Clearinghouse use those early details to build missing-person cases, and in this one, the clothing description, height and last-known location are the clearest markers the public can use right now.