Lansdale Police Continue to Seek Leads in the Death of Danny Torres

Keith Heffintrayer•

A male person of interest was captured on surveillance at multiple times.

Lansdale Police and the Montgomery County Detective Bureau continue to seek public assistance in identifying a person of interest in connection with the death of 33-year-old Daniel Torres in May 2018.

Torres, who owned and operated “Danny’s Barbershop” in Bridgeport, was reported missing in late April 2018. Police say that that he was last seen alive walking with a friend along the unit-block of Elm Drive during the early-morning hours of April 29, 2018.

According to police, a male person of interest was captured walking in the direction of the unit block of Elm Drive at 6:33 p.m. on April 29, 2018. Three minutes later, Torres’ white Nissan Altima was captured on surveillance crossing the intersection of East Seventh and North Broad streets, which are adjacent to the unit-block of Elm Drive. Then, at 6:49 p.m., Torres car was parked along the 700 block of North Valley Forge Road, and the same male person of interest was captured on surveillance walking away from the vehicle.

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On May 9, 2018, the manager of the apartment complex along the 700 block of North Valley Forge Road called police to report an abandoned vehicle. When police arrived, they discovered the vehicle was registered to Torres, and then found his body in the trunk.

Anyone with information regarding the investigation or the person of interest is asked to contact either the Montgomery County Detectives as 610-278-3368, Detective Nick Oropeza at 267-642-9421, or submit a tip via email to [email protected].