Borges was last seen when he was dropped off by a friend in the Quail Ridge subdivision at the intersection of Tolgate Road and Old Spears Road in Fayetteville, North Carolina, a couple of blocks from his own home, at 6:00 p.m. on April 30, 2005. He has never been heard from again. That day, he'd told his mother he wasn't feeling well and she asked why he was going out, and he didn't answer the question and just told her he was coming right home.

Borges may have left of his own accord and possibly traveled to Newark, New Jersey, but the circumstances surrounding his disappearance are unclear and it's highly unusual for a runaway to not contact his family and friends for years, as he has. He is a former student at Technology High School in Newark and moved to Fayetteville in July 2004. He was a senior at Douglas Byrd High School at the time of his disappearance. He had enlisted in the Navy's early entry program, but was discharged from it shortly before he vanished. Borges was a member of the Crips in 2005, but he may have been trying to leave the gang at the time of his disappearance. His case remains unsolved.