A Missing Indigenous Person Alert has been issued in Bellingham for a person identified as Cooper.
Missing Indigenous Person Alert Posted
The Washington State Patrol's WSP Missing Person Alerts account posted about the alert.
. The alert identifies Cooper and asks anyone who spots him to call 911 immediately.
Missing Indigenous Person Alerts, or MIPAs, are part of a statewide system the patrol uses alongside Amber, Silver, and Endangered Missing Person Alerts.
A March Alert for Dakota Cooper
A separate missing-person alert for 14-year-old Dakota Cooper was issued in March. The Bellingham Herald reported the case number was 26B11849 and said Cooper was last seen around 8 a.m. on March 2 in the 4100 block of Deemer Road after he failed to return home from school. The alert was canceled once Cooper was located, the Herald reported at the time.
Bellingham has seen at least one other missing-person alert shift in classification. Whatcom News reported that a Bellingham case activated in late December 2025 was initially issued as a MIPA before the state patrol upgraded it to an Amber Alert after police supplied new information, underscoring how these classifications can change as investigators gather more details.
What Authorities Are Asking the Public to Do
Anyone who sees Cooper is asked to call 911 right away.
