Mesa, Arizona: Turquoise Alert Issued for Missing 4-Year-Old Boy Ezekiel Siutza

Mesa police and the Arizona Department of Public Safety are asking the public for help finding a missing 4-year-old boy, and they issued a Turquoise Alert on Sunday evening to spread his description across the East Valley.

Ezekiel Siutza was last seen at about 3 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 8, near Eighth Avenue and Extension Road in Mesa, according to the alert. Police said he was seen leaving the area with an unidentified white woman with red hair. The circumstances of his disappearance, and who the woman is, are not known, FOX 10 Phoenix reported.

What police say he looks like

Ezekiel is Native American, 3 feet tall and 54 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes, according to the police flyer cited by The Arizona Republic. He was wearing a black shirt, black pants and camouflage colored Crocs. Mesa police Detective Jose Aguirre confirmed that officers and detectives are searching for the boy, The Arizona Republic reported.

DPS issued the alert on behalf of the Mesa Police Department and sent it to a specific geographic area, the DPS Duty Office said. The Mesa case number is 2026260271, according to the alert notice carried by local agencies. Anyone who sees Ezekiel should call 911. Information can also go to the Mesa Police Department at 480-644-2211.

What a Turquoise Alert means

The Turquoise Alert is Arizona's alert for a missing endangered person under 65, including tribal members, who has gone missing under unexplained or suspicious circumstances. DPS launched the system on July 10, 2025, after Governor Katie Hobbs signed House Bill 2281 on May 13, 2025. The law is called Emily's Law, in honor of San Carlos Apache tribal member Emily Pike.

Under the system, DPS issues an alert when the investigating agency has used its local resources, believes the person is in danger or with a potentially dangerous person, and has enough descriptive information to help the public find them. Alerts go out through the Emergency Alert System, wireless emergency alerts to phones in the area, ADOT freeway message boards and the DPS alerts website, DPS said at the launch.

Police have not said how Ezekiel left the area or whether the woman is known to his family. The search was still active on Sunday night, and this story will be updated in place if police announce that he has been found or release new information.