Vincent and his sister Mariella disappeared from Anaheim, California on October 9, 1998. Their parents were divorced, and their mother had custody of them while their father, Vicente Carbajal Martinez, had visitation rights. Vicente was supposed to take his children to Laughlin, Nevada for the weekend and return them to their mother on October 12. Instead, he took them to Mexico and never returned them.

Photographs and vital statistics for Vicente are posted below this case summary. A felony warrant was issued for Vincente on June 30, 2010. The children's mother has applied for their return to the United States under the terms of the international civil treaty, Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction.

Mariella and Vincent were sighted in Puebla, Mexico in March 2008, but they were not recovered. Authorties believe they've living with their father in Sinaloa, Mexico. Their cases remain unsolved.