An Endangered Missing Advisory was in effect across Los Angeles County on Thursday for 13-year-old Knowledge Powell, who was last seen the previous morning near Jim Gilliam Park in the Crenshaw district. She vanished at about 11 a.m. Wednesday from the area of Ursula Avenue and Pinafore Street, and law enforcement has not disclosed what led to her disappearance.
The advisory was issued late Wednesday night by the California Highway Patrol on behalf of the Los Angeles Police Department, according to MyNewsLA.com. Powell is described as Black, 5 feet 4 inches tall, and weighing 120 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a brown shirt, black pants and black Crocs.
What to Do if You Have Information
Anyone who sees Knowledge or knows where she might be was urged to call 911, per the same report. No additional contact line was provided beyond that instruction, and no update on her whereabouts had been released as of Thursday.
The California Highway Patrol describes an Endangered Missing Advisory as a tool available to law enforcement investigating the suspicious disappearance of at-risk missing children or other endangered people, meant to push immediate information out to the public to aid in a swift recovery.
Other Recent Advisories in the Region
Powell's case is at least the third Endangered Missing Advisory tied to Southern California in recent months. In October, a separate advisory covering Los Angeles and Ventura counties was issued for a person last seen near Reseda Boulevard and Strathern Street in Reseda, posted by CHP Alerts that Wednesday afternoon, as previously reported by Hoodline. A separate advisory in September involved four children, ages 1 to 9, who were last seen with their mother and spanned five Southern California counties.
Those cases do not establish any broader pattern in how often such advisories are issued or how they typically resolve, but they underscore that the alert system Powell's case now falls under has been used repeatedly across the region this year. For now, the search for Knowledge Powell remains active, and investigators are counting on the public to be their eyes on the ground.
