Child reported missing near canal behind car wash, Tempe AZ

Missing Person

Reported: 11/3/2025 08:30 AM

Near E Baseline Rd, Tempe, AZ 85283

A child who attends Town Meadows Elementary was reported missing near a canal behind a car wash on Baseline Road. The child's location is still unknown despite checking nearby areas and neighbors. The mother used the child's phone to try to locate them. Parents' whereabouts are known, with the mother at work and the father working from home.

Audio|Source: Mesa Fire, Gilbert Fire, Queen Creek Fire

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Transcript:

00:00

I checked several streets and talked to several neighbors and have not located the alleged children that jumped the fence.

00:09

Tell me.

00:20

All right, black, black, over gray.

00:23

Probably a student outside of school.

00:28

So far.

00:30

And you also clear me number three, please?

00:35

00:40

Engine 2220, C-DEC-5.

00:43

Injured person, 501, east main street, unit shuffleboard.

00:48

Engine 2220, C-DEC-5.

00:58

Engine 251. C-DET 4. Commercial fire alarm.

01:03

50-664. South Power Road.

01:06

Engine 251.

01:08

See that 4.

01:14

Engine 206, C-DEC3, Injurperson, BLF,

01:20

3320, East University Drive, Unit 21115, Engine 206,

01:27

C-deck 3.

01:34

Engine 20222.

01:37

Let's go to the 2 please.

01:39

Copy him a good two.

01:47

Medic 220, C-deck 5, Injured Person, 501, East Main Street, Unit Shufflebrook, Medic 220, C-deck 5.

02:02

I will be ready to go, and I'll be your concern.

02:10

Never made it to this pool? They made it to copy.

02:19

Send you a copy.

02:22

12,

02:23

42.

02:25

10. We know what school is the student is supposed to go to?

02:30

We're still working on that. The mom pinged the child's phone that was mapping.

02:42

To the inside of the canal near a baseline behind a car wash shop?

02:50

Mom's at work and dad should be at home.

02:55

He worked from home with son answering the phone. The child goes to Town Meadows Elementary.

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Near E Baseline Rd, Tempe, AZ 85283

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