Charles Anthony Freeman, a 14-year-old male from Queen Creek, Arizona, was reported missing after he was last seen on August 29, 2026, in the Queen Creek/San Tan Valley area of Maricopa County. The missing-person case is identified in NamUs as MP162286, with the Queen Creek Police Department listed as the investigating agency under case number 26-31950. Publicly available case records describe Freeman as White/Caucasian, approximately 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighing about 155 pounds. His listed physical characteristics include brown hair and brown eyes. The available record states that Freeman ran away on August 29, the same date recorded as his last contact. A public listing of recent NamUs cases independently identifies Charles Freeman, MP162286, as a 14-year-old male missing from Queen Creek, Arizona, with August 29, 2026, given as the date associated with the case.
The circumstances made public about Freeman's disappearance are limited. The available case information specifically characterizes the disappearance as a runaway, but does not provide a detailed account of what led to his departure, where he intended to go, whether he was believed to be traveling with anyone, or whether investigators had established a particular destination. There are also no publicly documented circumstances of recovery or additional circumstances of disappearance in the online material located for this case. The record places the last known location in the 85142 postal area associated with San Tan Valley and Queen Creek, Arizona, providing a geographic starting point for the investigation but not a precise public location. The case was entered into NamUs shortly after the reported disappearance and remained publicly listed among recent missing-person cases.
At the time of the available public record, Freeman was described as wearing a gray T-shirt bearing the words "Canyon State Academy" and maroon shorts. No vehicle or other transportation was identified in the published case information, and no distinctive physical features were listed. The record also contains no publicly available information identifying a backpack, electronic device, documents, or other belongings that might help establish where he went after leaving. Likewise, the available online material does not establish a confirmed sighting after August 29 or provide a verified account of Freeman's movements following his disappearance. These gaps are significant because a runaway classification describes the reported circumstance but does not, by itself, establish where a missing juvenile has gone or what has happened to him.
The investigation is associated with the Queen Creek Police Department, which is listed as the case-owning agency and has its headquarters at 20727 East Civic Parkway in Queen Creek. The department's official municipal listing provides its main telephone number as 480-358-3500 and identifies the agency as responsible for law-enforcement services in Queen Creek. The case information available online does not identify another investigating agency or publicly describe a separate search operation, confirmed interstate travel, or a subsequent recovery. It is therefore important to distinguish what has been documented from what remains unknown: the available sources establish Freeman's identity, age at disappearance, last-known date and general location, physical description, clothing, and the runaway classification, while many details concerning his movements and whereabouts remain undisclosed or unavailable in the sources reviewed.
As the search for answers continues, the public record presents the disappearance of Charles Anthony Freeman as the case of a 14-year-old boy who was last known to be in the Queen Creek/San Tan Valley area of Arizona on August 29, 2026, before being reported missing and entered into the national missing-persons system. He is described as approximately 5 feet 6 inches tall, about 155 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes, and was reportedly wearing a gray Canyon State Academy T-shirt and maroon shorts when he left. Beyond the determination that he ran away, publicly available information provides few details about the events surrounding his departure and does not establish his subsequent whereabouts. The case remains defined by those unanswered questions: where Freeman went after leaving, whether anyone encountered him afterward, and what circumstances ultimately explain his disappearance. In overview, the available record documents the disappearance of a 14-year-old Queen Creek-area boy on August 29, 2026, with the Queen Creek Police Department investigating and the circumstances beyond his reported runaway departure remaining largely unknown.
Last Seen: Aug 29, 2026
