A 12-year-old boy is missing in north Harris County, and deputies are asking the public to help bring him home. Chad Brown was last seen on Kuykendahl Road near Brundage Drive and Dominon Park Drive, and Harris County Precinct 4 deputies have launched an active search while urging anyone with information to come forward.
According to KHOU 11, Brown is described as 5 feet 7 inches tall and approximately 150 pounds. He was last seen wearing a cream-colored, long-sleeve collared shirt, black shorts, and either blue-and-black Nike shoes or Crocs, the station reports, citing the constable's office. Deputies have asked the community to share his information in hopes of helping locate him safely.
How to Help the Search
Anyone with information about Chad Brown's whereabouts is urged to contact the Harris County Precinct 4 constable's office at 281-376-3472. The same report notes that authorities had no additional details about the circumstances surrounding his disappearance immediately available.
The station's coverage also points to broader guidance for families dealing with a missing loved one: alert local law enforcement first, and be ready to provide a photo along with details about when and where the person was last seen. That guidance echoes resources offered by the Texas Center for the Missing, a Houston-rooted organization that works to educate families and authorities on finding missing people.
A Statewide Pattern of Missing-Child Cases
Brown's case adds to a sobering tally. The Texas Center for the Missing reports that Harris County logged 6,357 new missing-child cases in 2025, while the broader 14-county Houston-Galveston region recorded 7,988, according to the organization's published figures. Statewide, Texas saw 40,309 missing-person reports last year, including 28,229 involving children.
Nationally, the scale is even larger: 498,038 new missing-person reports were entered into the National Crime Information Center in 2025, with 305,339 of those involving people under age 18, per the Texas Center for the Missing. The organization also notes that runaways account for an estimated 80 to 85 percent of the missing-child cases it tracks, though no such detail has been confirmed in Brown's case. The two largest agencies serving the Houston-Galveston region worked more than 11,000 missing-person cases last year with just 24 investigators, underscoring the strain on resources.
Tens of thousands of people go missing every year across the United States, a reality that keeps organizations like the Texas Center for the Missing busy connecting families with resources for locating missing children or endangered adults. For now, the search for Chad Brown continues, with deputies hoping the public's eyes can help close the gap.
