Rui Pedro Teixeira Mendonça
Rui Pedro Teixeira Mendonça | |
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| Born | 28 January 1987 Lousada, Portugal |
| Disappeared | March 4, 1998 (aged 11) Lousada, Portugal |
| Status | Missing for 27 years, 3 months and 12 days; declared dead in absentia in 2019 |
| Known for | Missing person |
Rui Pedro Teixeira Mendonça (born 28 January 1987) is a Portuguese child who went missing on 4 March 1998 in Lousada, northern Portugal. Mendonça was 11 years old and riding his bicycle outside near his home when he disappeared. The subsequent police investigation was criticized by both the media and by the missing boy's family. Mendonça's whereabouts remain unknown, and he was declared legally dead in 2019.