Cincinnati Police are asking for the public's help locating Caeden Chatmon, describing him as an endangered missing juvenile.
District Three investigators asked for the public's help locating Chatmon in a post from the Cincinnati Police Department,
describing him as an endangered missing juvenile.
The source is https://t.co/XHxsSLtOHL.
Ohio's Missing-Child Alert Criteria
Ohio's Endangered Missing Child Alert designation is applied when a missing minor is believed to be at risk of serious physical harm or death, even when a case does not meet the stricter abduction criteria required for a full AMBER Alert, according to guidelines from the Ohio Attorney General and the Ohio AMBER Alert Advisory Committee.
What Happens After a Missing-Child Report
Once a report is filed, Ohio law leaves police little room to delay. Under Section 2901.30 of the Ohio Revised Code, law enforcement agencies statewide must accept missing child reports immediately, without any waiting period, and begin location efforts right away, a framework Hoodline has detailed in prior coverage of Cincinnati missing-juvenile cases.
Separate statewide protocols require officers to enter missing child reports into the National Crime Information Center database immediately upon taking the report, according to guidance cited by the University of Cincinnati. That step pushes a case like Chatmon's into a nationwide law enforcement network within hours of a report being filed, regardless of how much time passed before the family came forward.
Missing Children in Ohio
Other recent missing-juvenile alerts in Cincinnati include Hoodline's coverage of searches for Leashia Johnson last month. Statewide figures put those cases in context: Ohio law enforcement agencies logged 15,367 missing children reports in 2025, with 97.8 percent, or 15,024 youth, safely recovered by year's end, according to the Ohio Attorney General's 2025 Missing Children Clearinghouse Annual Report. Runaway classifications accounted for 7,656 of those cases, roughly half of all juvenile missing-person reports filed statewide that year.
The same statewide data shows a stark demographic disparity: Black youth represent approximately 61 percent of all reported missing children in Ohio, despite making up about 16 percent of the state's total youth population.
How to Help or Report Information
Anyone with information is asked to call 911 or 513-765-1212, the numbers listed in the department's social media post.
