A 22-year-old Sacramento mother and her 2-year-old son have not been seen since Sunday afternoon, when they vanished on foot from a residential block in South Sacramento, prompting state officials to issue an Endangered Missing Advisory covering all of Sacramento County. Alexia James and her son, Michael Keola, were last seen around 1 p.m. Sunday near Wagon Wheel Way and Tierra Glen Way, according to the alert activated by the California Highway Patrol on behalf of the Sacramento Police Department.
Investigators told CBS News that James is considered at risk because of a mental health condition, while her son is considered at risk simply because of his young age. That same report pinpointed the pair's last known location more precisely, placing them in the 6900 block of Wagon Wheel Way. The original alert, shared by CHP - Alerts
, states that both James and her son are believed to be traveling on foot.
Conflicting Descriptions Add Confusion to the Search
The initial statewide flyer described James as 5-foot-5 and 146 pounds and wearing cheetah print pajamas. Her son was listed at 2-foot-10 and 40 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. CBS Sacramento described James as having black hair and said the boy was last seen in brown pajamas decorated with a fire truck print.
Anyone who spots either James or her son is asked to call 9-1-1 immediately, per the original advisory shared by CHP - Alerts.
How California's Advisory System Works
The case falls under California's Endangered Missing Advisory framework, a tool established under Assembly Bill 946 and codified in California Government Code Section 8594.11, which allows local law enforcement agencies to request the alert when an at-risk missing person is in danger due to age, health, mental or physical disability, or unexplained circumstances, according to the California Highway Patrol. The advisory is one of six official state missing person alert notifications the agency manages, alongside the AMBER Alert, Silver Alert, Blue Alert, Feather Alert, and Ebony Alert.
Requests like this one are evaluated and activated through the Emergency Notification and Tactical Alert Center, known as ENTAC, which is housed at CHP headquarters in Sacramento and staffed around the clock by uniformed officers. CHP documentation notes that the Endangered Missing Advisory framework fulfills the federal Ashanti Alert Act of 2018, giving law enforcement a public alert option for at-risk missing persons whose cases don't meet the strict abduction criteria required for an AMBER Alert.
Hoodline has previously covered how this same advisory framework played out in other California cases, including a Del Norte County search earlier this month.
How to Report a Sighting
Anyone who sees Alexia James or her son, Michael Keola, is urged to call 9-1-1 right away, as instructed in the state advisory.
