A 17-year-old who depends on daily medication has been missing since Monday afternoon, last seen near a cluster of Minneapolis hospitals after running away from emergency care following a seizure. Noah Cody was last spotted around 3 p.m. in the 2000 block of Chicago Avenue, and police in the small Mille Lacs County city of Onamia are now asking Twin Cities residents to help track him down.
Cody is from Onamia, a small Mille Lacs County city roughly 85 driving miles north of Minneapolis along Highway 169, according to Rome2Rio.
Where Cody Was Last Seen
Cody was last seen in the 2000 block of Chicago Avenue at 3 p.m. Monday.
What Cody Was Wearing, and His Description
Police describe Cody as 6 feet tall and around 250 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. When he was last seen, he was wearing a black hoodie featuring a drawing of Jesus, black jeans, a light blue bonnet, and black high-top sneakers with paint splashes on them.
Cody requires daily medication and has a documented seizure history, making his disappearance especially concerning.
State Agency Steps In, But Onamia Leads the Search
Minnesota law defines a missing person as “endangered” when circumstances indicate a risk of physical injury or death; among the factors it lists is needing medical care or prescription medication when missing it could seriously harm the person’s health. The law also defines a child as anyone under 18, placing Cody within the state’s missing-children and endangered-persons framework. Minnesota’s statute on missing children and endangered persons sets out those definitions.
The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension distributed a public Missing Person Alert statewide on behalf of the Onamia Police Department, which remains the lead investigating agency even though the search is now centered in Minneapolis.
The statewide alert is part of a system in which local law enforcement remains central: Minnesota law directs agencies to investigate missing-person reports and requires prompt alerts when a person is determined to be missing and endangered. The Bureau of Criminal Apprehension operates the state alert program and can help local agencies with alerts and investigative resources. The state’s Missing and Unidentified Persons Clearinghouse says missing-person information must first be reported to local law enforcement and entered into the FBI’s National Crime Information Center file.
Anyone who sees Cody or has information about his whereabouts is asked to contact Onamia police through Mille Lacs County dispatch at 320-983-8250, or call 911. The Onamia Police Department has also shared a separate toll-free tip line, 888-860-8250, for anyone with information on the missing teen's location.
