On May 6, 2025, 15-year-old Isiah Dukes, a male teenager from Fayetteville, North Carolina, was reported missing, beginning a period of worry for those who knew him and for the community around Cumberland County. Publicly available information about the case is limited, but later online law-enforcement reporting connected the case to the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office and identified him as Isiah Dukes, Jr., a Fayetteville teen whose disappearance was treated as a missing person/runaway
matter. A later public notice described him as a Black male with black hair and brown eyes, about 6 feet tall, with a listed weight of approximately 150 pounds, and said his clothing was unknown at the time authorities were seeking help.
The publicly available notice from the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office Youth Services Detectives asked for the public’s assistance in locating Isiah and stated that he had last been seen at his residence in the 1800 block of Sweetie Road in Fayetteville, North Carolina. That detail placed the concern close to home, in a residential setting where investigators and family would have hoped that someone nearby may have seen or heard something useful. The report characterized him as a runaway, but that label did not lessen the urgency of locating a child; missing juveniles remain vulnerable until they are safely accounted for, and law enforcement commonly asks the public to share any reliable information that could help bring them home.
As the case moved through public awareness channels, the focus remained on finding Isiah safely and confirming his well-being. The investigating agency has reported that Isiah Dukes has been found alive, and he is no longer considered an active missing person case. The exact date and circumstances of his recovery have not been located in the available online information, so those details remain unclear. In overview, Isiah’s case began as the disappearance of a 15-year-old Fayetteville boy, drew public attention through a Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office request for assistance, and ultimately ended with the most important outcome possible: he was located alive.Last Seen: May 6, 2025
