Overview
- Police told local media that Joniah Walker, who disappeared in June 2022 at age 15, was found safe on May 25, 2026.
- Walker left her Milwaukee north-side home on June 23, 2022 and was captured on surveillance footage walking away with a large backpack near East Reservoir Avenue and North Hubbard Street.
- Authorities have declined to release the location where Walker was located or whether she was with anyone at the time of her recovery.
- Family members had earlier criticized the initial police response and the case’s classification, saying officers did not treat her disappearance as a critical missing-person case.
- The case drew sustained local and national attention because of concerns about disappearances of Black women and girls and the involvement of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children; officials have given few public details, so reporting and possible follow-up action remain ongoing.