{"id":389410,"date":"2026-07-28T18:13:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T18:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/389410\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T18:13:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T18:13:09","slug":"jordanian-athlete-reported-missing-in-houston-found-in-illinois","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/389410\/","title":{"rendered":"Jordanian athlete reported missing in Houston found in Illinois"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">HOUSTON &#8211; The Jordanian athlete who was reported missing while attending the Genuine Cup has been found in another state, according to the university.<\/p>\n<p>   Missing Jordanian athlete located <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KRIV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Rabe\u2019e Ata Juma\u2019a Alqaq, 24, was in Houston to participate in the Genuine Cup, an international soccer tournament for athletes with disabilities, as an athlete with cerebral palsy. His coach and teammates last saw him around midnight between Saturday and Sunday after he said he was going for a walk.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Rice University sent out a statement on Tuesday saying Alqaq was found safe in Bridgeview, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/rabee-ata-jumaa-alqaq_3.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" width=\"932\" height=\"524\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n<p data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\">Rabe\u2019e Ata Juma\u2019a Alqaq (Photo provided to FOX 26 by Rice University Office of Public Affairs) <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">He called the Rice University Police Department after seeing the reports of him missing. Officials say he traveled to the Chicago area on a bus of his own accord. Police do not suspect foul play.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The police department worked with local authorities in Illinois, the Jordan Consulate of Texas and Rabe\u2019e\u2019s soccer team to confirm his well-being.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">At this time, officials are working to get him back to Houston.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KRIV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What we don&#8217;t know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The reason Alqaq left the state is unknown at this time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: Information from this article was provided by Rice University.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/us\/tx\/houston\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Houston<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/top-stories\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Top Stories<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/us\/il\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Illinois<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON &#8211; The Jordanian athlete who was reported missing while attending the Genuine Cup has been found in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":389411,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,58,57,4141,223,2053,216,393],"class_list":["post-389410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-il","tag-news","tag-top-stories","tag-tx","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=389410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389410\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/389411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=389410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=389410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=389410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}