More than six months after he vanished from El Paso, 16-year-old Izaiah Guerrero still hasn't been found, and authorities are renewing their push for public help to locate him. Guerrero was 15 when he disappeared on April 27, and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children is asking the public to help locate him.
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children is asking the public to help locate Guerrero, according to KTSM 9 News. Guerrero is described as 5 feet 3 inches tall and about 100 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes, per the same report. Authorities believe he may still be in the local El Paso area, the outlet notes.
NCMEC handled 32,167 missing-child cases in 2025 and said 90% were resolved; 92% of the cases involved children who had run away. Those figures describe the organization’s broader caseload, not Guerrero’s circumstances, which authorities have not publicly characterized as a runaway or abduction case. NCMEC says the data reflects cases reported to it by families, law enforcement and child-welfare agencies. NCMEC’s 2025 impact data also notes that new Texas reporting requirements contributed to an increase in cases received from the state.
Guerrero Remains Missing
More than six months after disappearing in late April, Guerrero remains missing.
A disappearance lasting six months does not rule out a later recovery. In an analysis of cases reported to NCMEC from 2021 through 2023, the center counted 6,778 children recovered after being missing for at least six months; 97% of those cases involved children who had run away or were abducted by a family member. The figures describe those cases collectively and do not indicate which circumstances apply to Guerrero. NCMEC’s long-term missing-child analysis says it examines recoveries to help inform future efforts.
How to Help
Texas law requires law enforcement agencies that receive a report of a missing child to immediately begin investigating the child’s location. The law also requires an agency, within two hours of receiving the report, to enter the child’s name into the state clearinghouse and the National Crime Information Center’s missing-person file if the child meets the center’s criteria. The Texas statute sets those reporting and investigative requirements for missing-child cases.
Anyone with information about Guerrero or his disappearance is asked to contact the El Paso Police Department at (915) 832-4400. Tips can also be directed to NCMEC at 1-800-THE-LOST (1-800-843-5678).
