Police said that Jahmez\u2019s \u201cphone was pinged in San Diego, California on Tuesday, January 13, 2026.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jahmez, according to his family, has an intellectual disability<\/a> which makes him at risk of being potentially manipulated, WPVI-TV reported.<\/p>\n Simone wrote on Facebook on Wednesday, January 14 that \u201cEvidence suggests he may have been communicating online with an older man through the gaming platform Roblox.\u201d<\/p>\n \t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t \t\t\t \n\t\t\tAuthorities in Indiana are searching for a missing 17-year-old girl who has not been seen by her family for days, police said. Hailey Buzbee, of Fishers, was last seen at her home the evening of Monday, January 5, according to the Fishers Police Department. Her family, who alerted police about her disappearance, believe she ran [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n \u201cA teenager without ID or an income does not simply vanish from Philadelphia and reappear digitally in California without help,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n His family told WPVI-TV that Jahmez\u2019s friends, who have access to his iCloud location, discovered his phone was in California.<\/p>\n \u201cHow did he get there? He don\u2019t have ID,\u201d his mother, LaShante Crocker, said while speaking with the outlet. \u201cDid someone take him?\u201d<\/p>\n Jahmez is 5-foot-7, weighs 120 pounds and is described as having a \u201cthin build,\u201d according to Philadelphia police. He also has black curly hair and brown eyes.<\/p>\n In a missing person alert the Black & Missing Foundation<\/a> shared for Jahmez, the organization noted that the 18-year-old wears glasses and was also known to be wearing white Rick Owen\u2019s sneaker boots when he disappeared.<\/p>\n Natalie Wilson, the co-founder of the non-profit organization, said his disappearance is \u201cvery alarming,\u201d while speaking with WPVI-TV.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are jumping on this case right away because time is of the essence,\u201d Wilson said.<\/p>\n Jahmez is a student at Hardy Williams High School<\/a> in southwest Philadelphia, according to NBC10 Philadelphia. The school is a part of Mastery Schools.<\/p>\n In a statement to NBC10 Philadelphia, Mastery Schools said: \u201cWe are aware of the current situation involving 18-year-old Hardy Williams High School student, Jahmez Cartwright.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cFollowing Mastery Schools policy, the student\u2019s family received an absence notification when he didn\u2019t arrive to school,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n \t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t \t\t\t \n\t\t\tA 15-year-old Washington girl has been missing for more than a month after she was last seen getting into a car belonging to a 45-year-old man, according to police and news reports. Surveillance footage from a bowling alley in Port Orchard the morning of December 10 captured the last sighting of Ashlynn Hanley, NBC News [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n Jahmez\u2019s cousin Aisha Green told NBC10 Philadelphia that Jahmez has never left the city of Philadelphia.<\/p>\n \u201cIf there is someone who has our cousin, holding him without will, we won\u2019t stop,\u201d Green said, the outlet reported. \u201cYou know, we miss him. He belongs to us, not you.\u201d<\/p>\n The Philadelphia Police Department is calling on the public\u2019s help in the search for Jahmez.<\/p>\n The agency is asking that anyone with information on Jahmez\u2019s location contact Southwest Philadelphia detectives at (215) 686-3183.<\/p>\n \t\tThank You!<\/p>\n You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n In the U.S., about 600,000 people are reported missing each year, according to the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System<\/a>, a resource center focused on addressing missing and unidentified persons cases in the country.<\/p>\n \u201cWhile many of these individuals are found alive and well, some become long-term missing persons,\u201d the center says online.<\/p>\n![\"Police-Search-for-Hailey-Buzbee-17-Reported-Missing-by-Family-in-Indiana\"](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Police-Search-for-Hailey-Buzbee-17-Reported-Missing-by-Family-in-Indiana.jpg?crop=0px%2C105px%2C400px%2C226px&resize=400%2C225&quality=86&strip=all\")
\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n
\n Related: Police Search for Hailey Buzbee, 17, Reported Missing by Family in Indiana<\/a><\/p>\n![\"Missing-Teen-Was-Last-Seen-Getting-in-a-Mans-Car-Says-Washington-Police\"](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Missing-Teen-Was-Last-Seen-Getting-in-a-Mans-Car-Says-Washington-Police.jpg?crop=0px%2C191px%2C1080px%2C611px&resize=400%2C225&quality=40&strip=all\")
\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n
\n Related: Missing Teen Was Last Seen Getting in a Man’s Car, Says Washington Police<\/a><\/p>\n