Overview
- Mesa police issued a Turquoise Alert after a 4-year-old was reported missing near Extension Road and 8th Avenue and confirmed he was located safe with family about an hour later.
- The initial police post said the boy was last seen wearing a black shirt, black pants and camouflage Crocs and gave the child's last known location for public help.
- Arizona Department of Public Safety said the Turquoise Alert was geo-targeted to a five-mile radius to quickly notify residents and other agencies.
- Local reporting noted an unconfirmed sighting of the child with an unknown white woman with red hair, a detail police have not verified or publicly identified.
- Turquoise Alerts, also called Emily’s Law, are used to rapidly share information about missing endangered persons including tribal members and have been activated in past high-profile cases.