Ezra Josbanni Martinez is a 16-year-old male who has been reported missing from Glendale, Arizona, with his disappearance dating to February 5, 2024. The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children lists Ezra in its missing-child records and identifies the Glendale Police Department as the law-enforcement agency handling the case. Publicly available information does not describe in detail what Ezra was doing immediately before he disappeared, who last saw him, or the precise location
in Glendale where he was last known to be. Those unanswered questions leave much of the beginning of his story outside the public record. What is known is that Ezra vanished from the Glendale area and that his absence became the subject of an official missing-child investigation, with his information entered into national systems so that authorities and members of the public could continue watching for him.
As the search continued, authorities identified more than one possible area where Ezra might be located. The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children has advised that he may have remained somewhere in or around the local Glendale area, but officials have also raised the possibility that he could travel to Nogales, Mexico. That possibility significantly broadens the geographic scope of the search, taking it beyond the Phoenix metropolitan area and toward the international border. The publicly released notice does not explain why Nogales was identified as a possible destination, and there is no publicly available information establishing that Ezra actually reached Mexico. It remains a lead or possibility rather than a confirmed movement. NCMEC has also produced an age-progressed image of Ezra to help members of the public recognize how his appearance may have changed as time has passed, an important tool in a case where an older photograph may no longer fully reflect what someone looks like today.
Despite the passage of time, Ezra continues to appear in the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children’s Arizona missing-child listings. His case is identified by NCMEC case number 2012347 and NCIC number M017740622, helping distinguish his case from others involving people with similar names. The Glendale Police Department remains the agency listed for information concerning his whereabouts and can be contacted at 623-930-3000, while information can also be provided through NCMEC’s 24-hour call center at 1-800-THE-LOST. Anyone who believes they have recently seen Ezra, knows where he has been staying, has communicated with him, or has information about possible travel between Arizona and Nogales could possess a piece of information capable of helping investigators determine what happened after he disappeared. Even seemingly minor details can become important when investigators are attempting to reconstruct the movements of a missing young person.
The publicly available record remains unusually limited, with no detailed account released describing the circumstances that caused Ezra to become separated from his family or why authorities believe he may have stayed locally or traveled south. There is also no publicly released timeline describing confirmed sightings after his disappearance, transportation he may have used, companions who may have been with him, or a verified destination. As a result, the central facts of the case remain simple but deeply troubling: Ezra Josbanni Martinez disappeared from Glendale, Arizona, on February 5, 2024; authorities have continued circulating his information nationally; investigators believe he could have remained in the Glendale area or possibly traveled to Nogales, Mexico; and his whereabouts remain the focus of an active public appeal for information. At its heart, Ezra's case is the unresolved disappearance of a young person whose family and loved ones are still without the answers that could explain where he went and bring an end to the uncertainty surrounding his absence.Last Seen: Feb 5, 2024
