Izaiyah Tremaine Gipson was 13 years old when he was last documented as missing from Colorado Springs, Colorado, on May 19, 2024. He is a male child, listed as Black / African American, with black hair and brown eyes, about 5 feet 8 inches tall and approximately 145 to 150 pounds. The NamUs record placed his last known location in the 80910 area of Colorado Springs in El Paso County, and the case was handled by the Colorado Springs Police Department under agency case number 2024-01044206.
The available case information describes his last contact as occurring late that night, at about 10:45 p.m., leaving his family, community, and investigators with urgent concern for a young teenager whose whereabouts were not immediately known.
Izaiyah was reported missing to law enforcement on May 20, 2024, the day after his last documented contact. His case was later entered into NamUs as MP124690 and was also associated with NCMEC case number 2025093. Publicly available information from the Colorado Springs Police Department and local reporting described him as an at-risk missing juvenile and asked the community to help locate him. At the time of the public appeal, authorities said he had been seen near the intersection of Astrozon Boulevard and Chelton Road in southeast Colorado Springs, and he was described in local reporting as having shoulder-length braided hair, brown eyes, standing about 5 feet 8 inches tall, and weighing about 147 to 150 pounds.
As the search continued, the details released to the public remained focused on identifying Izaiyah and encouraging anyone who had seen him to contact police. Local reporting stated that he had been last seen wearing a blue jacket, blue jeans, and a dark Mad Bomber cap, and the Colorado Springs Police Department asked anyone with information to call 719-444-7000. The public information did not describe a broad set of circumstances explaining why he disappeared, and the official NamUs data gave only the limited note that he was last seen on May 19, 2024, at 2245 hours. That lack of detail made the case especially difficult from the outside: the story available to the public was not one of a fully explained disappearance, but of a young boy whose absence was serious enough for law enforcement to ask for help.
The attached NamUs API data lists the case resolution status as Alive, which means Izaiyah was found alive and this is no longer an active missing persons case. The exact date of that resolution is not provided in the available case data, and the information is vague, so no specific recovery date can be stated from the sources available here. What can be said with care is that the case, once treated publicly as an at-risk missing juvenile matter, ultimately ended with Izaiyah alive rather than remaining missing.
In overview, Izaiyah Gipson’s case began with a last documented contact in Colorado Springs on May 19, 2024, when he was a 13-year-old boy, and it moved quickly into a public search after he was reported missing on May 20. Authorities and local media shared identifying details, including his age, appearance, possible clothing, and the southeast Colorado Springs area where he had reportedly been seen, while asking the community to contact police with information. The public record does not provide a full explanation of where he went or the exact date he was found, but the official resolution status indicates that Izaiyah was located alive, closing the missing person case with the most important outcome: a child who had been missing was no longer lost.Last Seen: May 19, 2024
