Malachi Lee Cox, a 15-year-old boy from Mesa, Arizona, was reported missing after he was last seen on April 24, 2026. The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children identifies him as a male and lists Mesa as the location associated with his disappearance. His missing-child record carries NCIC number M838886441 and NCMEC case number 2085775.
The available public information confirms that April 24, 2026, is the date on which Malachi was last seen, but it does not provide a specific time of day or a detailed account of the circumstances surrounding his disappearance. The case has been publicly circulated as a missing-child investigation, reflecting the concern surrounding the disappearance of a young person whose whereabouts were not known after that date.
The public missing-person record is notably limited in the details it provides about what happened immediately before Malachi disappeared. The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children states that he was last seen on April 24, 2026, in connection with Mesa, but the available listing does not describe where in Mesa he was last observed, what he was doing at the time, whether he was believed to have left voluntarily, or whether investigators had identified a destination or route he might have taken. No reliable online source located in the available search results provides a confirmed timeline extending beyond the basic last-seen information. Because of that lack of detail, the circumstances leading up to his disappearance remain unclear from publicly available sources, and it would be inappropriate to fill those gaps with speculation. The absence of a publicly documented explanation also means that the exact sequence of events between Malachi's last known sighting and the beginning of the search cannot be reconstructed from the available record.
The investigation is associated with the Mesa Police Department, which the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children lists as the local law-enforcement agency for the case. The agency's telephone number is provided in the national missing-child listing as 480-644-2211, while NCMEC provides its own case identification number for the disappearance. The publication of Malachi's information through NCMEC serves to place the case within the national missing-children reporting system and makes his disappearance available to the public beyond the immediate Mesa community. The record also includes photographs intended to assist with recognition, although the publicly accessible information does not establish additional verified details about his movements, companions, transportation, clothing, destination, or possible whereabouts.
As the search continues, the central facts remain straightforward but deeply concerning: Malachi Lee Cox was 15 years old when he was last seen in Mesa, Arizona, on April 24, 2026, and authorities have sought information that could help determine where he went and bring clarity to his whereabouts. The publicly available record does not establish a motive for his disappearance, does not identify a confirmed destination, and does not provide enough verified information to explain what occurred after he was last seen. In the absence of additional official details, the most reliable account is therefore one grounded in the confirmed missing-person record rather than conjecture. The case represents the disappearance of a 15-year-old Mesa boy whose last known sighting occurred on April 24, 2026, whose subsequent whereabouts have not been explained by the publicly available information, and whose identification and case details have been circulated by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children in coordination with the Mesa Police Department.Last Seen: Apr 24, 2026
