Found Safe AZ - Henri Ramirez-Sanchez, 11, Mesa, 21 June 2020

[The Count]

11 year old boy found gone when parents returned home at 11am this morning. University and Stapley in Mesa.

Henri was last seen wearing a blue button-up shirt, blue pants and black shoes like a school uniform.

Police said he had a blue backpack with clothes in it.

Henri is 4-foot-10, has black hair and brown eyes.



Mesa police looking for missing 11-year-old boy

 

[MissMalowe]

Blue backpack with clothes in it sounds like a runaway situation. I wonder how police know there was clothing in the bag. Perhaps parents were able to identify some clothing items that were missing?

He looks sad in the photo from the article despite holding/playing a guitar.

 

[Flight154]

please let this little guy be found safe!!

 

[mlhenn]

https://twitter.com/MesaPD/status/1274896577958539264?s=20

•last seen Sunday morning around 11 a.m. in the area of University and Stapley drives in Mesa
•when his family returned home, he was gone
•he had a blue backpack with clothes in it
•Henri left his cell phone but locked the home's door

 

[swanniee11]

I would still dig into his cell phone. Last person he talked to etc. Any CCTV around there? IMO

 

[Seratonin]

 

[mlhenn]

MISSING: Family says young boy disappeared from home while they were out, left behind his cell phone [Police]

Additional link

 

[Flight154]

Has anyone ever said where Mom and Dad went, or why he wasn't with them?

 

[MissMalowe]

Just took a look at University Dr. & Stapley Drive intersection in Mesa. There should definitely be footage of him from someone's surveillance camera, as that intersection is full of businesses, a strip mall, bus stops, and 2 gas stations.

I wonder if he took the bus? When you google search that area, maps brings you right to a bus stop. Did he have any money on him?

 

[mlhenn]

Has anyone ever said where Mom and Dad went, or why he wasn't with them?

I wondered that as well. I also wonder if there were any siblings?

 

[mlhenn]

City of Mesa Police Department

Mesa PD replies to several comments: Still missing

 

[TGIRecovered]

It is too easy for a parent to simply say that a child who is missing has run away. Classic blaming the victim. That’s just my opinion in general.
I hope that Henri is hiding out at an age appropriate friend’s house, alive and well. Experience tells me that is likely not the case.

 

[Jim_M]

I am hoping this is just a case of miscommunication. Henri with his backpack on the way to a friend's sleepover. Someone forgot to inform another. I know, I know, totally wishful thinking. But hey, cannot rule it out just yet...

 

[Flight154]

I guess I'm more concerned over "what" happened that made him feel like leaving was his only option? It could have been anything under the sun, but it was significant to him. Getting the feeling there is a whole lot more to this story than what's being released.

 

[swanniee11]

I agree, where were the parents. Were they gone from that morning or the night before? He could have been missing way before reported. IMO

 

[Seratonin]

That fact that the parents know he left with a backpack of clothes while they werent there sounds weird.. like how do they know that?

 

[Jim_M]

That fact that the parents know he left with a backpack of clothes while they werent there sounds weird.. like how do they know that?

RSBM

Henri was last seen wearing a blue button-up shirt, blue pants and black shoes like a school uniform. Police said he had a blue backpack with clothes in it.

Mesa police looking for missing 11-year-old boy

RSBM BBM

My impression from the original post was that Henri was 'seen' with the backpack. Someone (or video?) witnessed him carrying the backpack. That might be an incorrect angle if the wording is just off. Perhaps they saw him dressed like then when they last saw him?

 

[ArizonaNative]

It’s likely a parent or sibling would notice that a backpack and clothes were missing. Perhaps that’s how they concluded he has those items with him

 

[borndem]

Ummm, I don't like this... Was he actually running away from home?


Just saw this:

Missing Arizona Boy, 11, Vanished While Family Was Out, Leaving Cell Phone Behind

Henri Ramirez-Sanchez was last seen at about 11 a.m. on Sunday in the area of University Drive and Stapley Drive in Mesa, say police


By K.C. Baker
June 23, 2020 01:58 PM
Arizona police are desperately searching for an 11-year-old boy who vanished Sunday morning.
Henri Ramirez-Sanchez was last seen at about 11 a.m. on Sunday in the area of University Drive and Stapley Drive in Mesa, the Mesa Police Department says in a Missing Child alert.
The area where the boy was last seen is a busy intersection with a Chevron on one corner and a Circle K across the street from it.
[...]
He was last seen wearing a blue button-up shirt, blue pants and black shoes (like a school uniform), the alert says.
He left with a blue backpack with clothes in it.

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More here:
Missing Arizona Boy, 11, Vanished While Family Was Out, Leaving Cell Phone Behind

 

[borndem]

That fact that the parents know he left with a backpack of clothes while they werent there sounds weird.. like how do they know that?

They could have looked all over the house for him, etc., and they may have noticed that his shelves or drawers were open and then saw that some clothes, etc., were missing.
Maybe he just wanted to go on an "adventure." I remember I did one day -- I packed my pajamas, a teddy bear, and got as far as the end of my street -- about 20 yds (!), and turned around and headed straight back home. Maybe Henri was a bit braver, and I know he was a bit older than I at the time.
I had a good situation at my home -- I'm hoping Henri does, too, and will be back soon, safe and probably hungry. Let's hope.