Phoenix police have reported a missing child and are asking anyone with information to contact the department directly. The notice does not identify the child or provide a last-seen location.
According to a missing-juvenile notice from Phoenix Police
The notice does not identify the child by name or provide an age, physical description, clothing details, backpack information, or an incident report number.
Police are asking anyone who has seen Loyd or knows anything about his whereabouts to call 602-262-6151. The department said comments and direct messages on social media should not be used to submit information.
A New State Law Behind the Public Alert
The police post also cited A.R.S. § 8-901 in explaining why the missing-child notice was being shared publicly.
What Arizona law requires
According to the Arizona Legislature, A.R.S. § 8-901 requires law enforcement agencies, within 24 hours of receiving a report of a missing, kidnapped or runaway child, to provide specified information to appropriate media outlets and post it on the agencies' official social media platforms, unless an exception applies. The statutory information provided here describes that 24-hour posting requirement but does not establish when the provision took effect.
Beyond that legal context, the police notice offered little information about the circumstances of the disappearance. No update on the child's status or additional details about what happened before the report have been provided.
The department's notice leaves the public with a limited set of identifying details and directs anyone with relevant information to contact police by phone.
