The Colorado Bureau of Investigation’s Endangered Missing Alert program is used for cases involving evident endangering or at-risk circumstances.
An Endangered Missing Alert is used when a missing person faces evident endangering or at-risk circumstances but does not meet criteria for certain other alert programs.
Conflicting details in the alert
The alert transcript and the post description differed on two details: the transcript listed December 6, 2026, at about 6:30 p.m. as the last-seen time and gave his weight as 150 pounds; the post description listed November 6, 2026, at about 6:30 p.m. and 250 pounds. Both placed him in the same Commerce City area. The information released by the bureau does not resolve those discrepancies.
The bulletin said Holloway is cognitively delayed, needs medication he did not have with him, has limited use of the left side of his body and walks with a limp. Those details were part of the alert’s description of why his disappearance was considered urgent. The original alert asked anyone with information to call 911 or the Commerce City Police Department at 303-288-1535.
How Colorado’s alert categories differ
CBI says an Endangered Missing Alert is used when a missing person faces evident endangering or at-risk circumstances but does not meet the criteria for certain other alert programs, including the AMBER Alert and Developmental Disabilities Alert. Local law enforcement notifies the bureau, which gathers information about the person and disappearance and forwards it to participating media outlets, according to CBI’s program guidance.
An Endangered Missing Alert does not establish that a person met the separate criteria for a Developmental Disabilities Alert. CBI says that alert requires local law enforcement to verify that the missing person has a developmental disability and that the disappearance poses a credible threat to the person’s safety and health, as outlined in the bureau’s criteria.
CBI describes its Missing Children Annual Reports as documenting recovery circumstances for children. Those reports do not establish adult-specific outcomes or patterns related to disability or medication, and therefore do not provide a basis for drawing broader conclusions about Holloway’s case.
The confirmed update is that Holloway was safely located and the alert was canceled. The bureau’s notice gives no further recovery details, and the conflicting last-seen dates and weights remain unexplained in the information released.
