A 28-year-old man who vanished from a Van Nuys street corner more than two months ago has been found, according to an official alert deactivation issued Friday. Clayton Magee was reported missing after he was last seen near Saloma Avenue and Lemay Street around 10 p.m. on July 5, 2026, wearing a beige T-shirt, gray shorts, and black-and-blue Jordan shoes. His case had triggered a statewide public safety alert that remained active for more than two months before authorities confirmed he had been located.
The California Highway Patrol's CHP - Alerts
account announced the deactivation on Friday, stating that the Endangered Missing Advisory covering Los Angeles County had been deactivated and that the subject had been located. The advisory, which described Magee as 6 feet 3 inches tall, weighing 320 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes, had asked anyone who spotted him to call 9-1-1. State records maintained by the
State of California Department of Justice
show Magee, born March 11, 1998, and record his date of last contact as July 6, 2026.
A Search That Stretched More Than Two Months
Magee's disappearance was described in the advisory language behind the alert. Local reporting from July detailed where and when Magee was last seen, along with the clothing description circulated statewide, as reported by MyNewsLA. It remains unclear where Magee was found or what his condition was when located, and the circumstances behind his more than two-month absence have not been publicly detailed.
The Friday deactivation notice confirmed that Magee had been located but offered no further detail about where or how.
How the Alert System Works
The Endangered Missing Advisory that covered Magee's case was activated by CHP on behalf of LAPD, a mechanism enacted through Assembly Bill 946 that took effect January 1, 2024. The law grants local law enforcement the authority to request statewide alerts for vulnerable or at-risk missing people, according to legislative records tracked by LegiScan. The framework covers vulnerable or at-risk missing people.
The California Highway Patrol disseminates statewide missing-person alerts. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department was involved in the Lawndale case cited above. California also has an Ebony Alert system.
How LAPD Handles Missing Adult Cases
The LAPD handled Magee's missing-person case. The available reports do not provide figures for the department's adult missing-person caseload or recovery rate. Magee's case, by contrast, was the subject of an alert that was later deactivated.
The available reports do not detail reporting-period rules for missing-person cases. A similar Endangered Missing Advisory was issued for a missing Lawndale teen, as previously reported by Hoodline.
