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Convenience store employees help family find missing 23-year-old Jerry Zamora

Jerry Zamora found
Posted at 5:55 PM, Mar 11, 2024
and last updated 2024-04-09 11:41:19-04

UPDATE: APRIL 9, 2024

Jerry Zamora III, who suffers from catatonia schizophrenia, went missing on Feb. 20. but was found safe on Monday, April 8, after nearly a month.

According to Jerry Zamora's father, Jerry Zamora II, employees at the Sunrise Food store on Clarkwood Road and Highway 44 were providing him with food daily. The employees did not realize that Jerry Zamora III had been reported missing by the Corpus Christi Police Department.

Employees from the convenience store called Jerry Zamora II the next time they spotted his son, Jerry Zamora III, near the old Corpus Christi Speedway on Agnes near North Padre Island Drive around 3 p.m. on Monday afternoon.

The Zamora family says Jerry Zamora III is currently at Spohn Shoreline getting evaluated. He will be taken to a secondary health facility to get his medication administered.

ORIGINAL: MARCH 11, 2024

The family of another missing man in the Coastal Bend area is asking the public for help in locating their loved one.

23-year-old Jerry Zamora III was last seen on Old Brownsville Road and Westpoint Area.

According to Jerry Zamora's family, he suffers from a severe medical condition, Catatonia Schizophrenia. Zamora forgets certain information and sometimes cannot comprehend what people are saying, having very limited responses.

Jerry Zamora III was last seen wearing a black hoodie, black cutoff pants, long green and black striped socks, sandals, and a green backpack with a smaller red backpack.

If you have any information that may assist investigators or know the whereabouts of Jerry Zamora III, please call the Corpus Christi Police Department directly at (361) 886-2840 or call (361) 886-2600.