DURHAM, N.C. (WNCN) -- Police say that a Durham man reported missing about two months ago has been found dead. Rafael Santana, 61, was reported missing in mid-November 2024, according to a Durham Police Department news release on November 19, 2024. Santana was last heard from on Nov. 14 during a telephone call around 3 p.m., Durham police said. When he vanished, Santana was possibly driving a gray 2019 Dodge Journey with a North Carolina license plate of HKT-7247, police said. Man shot, killed inside home on Colony Drive identified, High Point police say On Nov. 22, the Durham County Sheriff's Office said that a man's body was found while police were searching for a missing Durham man. Durham County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigation Division officers responded to northern Durham County to help Durham police in that search, a sheriff's office news release said. A dead man, believed to be the missing person, was found along the 300 block of Mason Road, just west of North Roxboro Road/U.S. 501, deputies said. At the time, no officials would say who authorities were searching for or if Santana was still missing. ‘Continue to pray’: Family grieving after missing North Carolina woman found dead in homicide case Last week, Durham police confirmed to CBS 17 that Santana was found dead that day. Police said the Durham County Sheriff's Office is now investigating his death. CBS 17 has reached out to the sheriff's office for more information.