The search is underway for a 12-year-old Detroit boy, Diondre Conerly Jr., who has been reported missing since last Wednesday from the city’s west side, as the Detroit Police Department has extended an urgent appeal to the public for assistance. ClickOnDetroit details that the young boy was last seen near the intersection of Fenkell Avenue and Greenfield Road, an area familiar with the rhythms of family and community life now punctuated with concern for Diondre's whereabouts.
Diondre's description has been widely circulated; he is noted to be 5 feet, 5 inches in height, 130 pounds, with his clothing during the time of disappearance described as a red shirt, gray pants, and white shoes—the kind of detail that, one hopes, will trigger a glimmer of recognition in the eye of someone who might have seen him, as echoed by a similar report per Audacy's WWJ Newsradio, which specifies the clothing as gray jogging pants.
The case has prompted a stream of digital posters and calls to action on social media, with the Detroit Police Department’s Missing Persons page furthering the reach of the search, a snapshot of Diondre's youthful face accompanied by contact information for anyone who might have seen him or knows his whereabouts, shared on a Facebook post from the department's official page.
