The Louisiana State Police issued a Level II Endangered/Missing Child Advisory Tuesday for a 2-year-old St. Martinville boy.
Kaizor Louis was last seen at 4:30 p.m. local time on August 13 when he was picked up from daycare by his non-custodial mother, Meshaya Johnson, LSP said in a statement on X, formerly Twitter.
Johnson and Louis were seen traveling in a black sedan on Resweber Street and are believed to be travelling to a residence in Houston, which is 210 miles away and roughly a 3.5 to four hour drive from St. Martinville.
Louis is a Black male with black hair and brown eyes. He is approximately 2 feet tall and he weighs approximately 25 pounds, police said, and was last seen wearing a lime green t-shirt and yellow shorts.
Johnson is a Black female with black hair and brown eyes. She is approximately 5 feet, 3 inches tall and weighs 130 pounds.
Newsweek has reached out to a spokesperson for the LSP via email for comment.
The LSP issued the advisory on behalf of the St. Martinville Police Department. Police advised that all inquiries relating to the matter be directed to the St. Martinville Police.
Police advised that anyone with information about the whereabouts of Louis should immediately contact the St. Martinville Police Department at 337-394-3001 or call 911.
A Missing Child Advisory is a public notification issued by law enforcement when a child is reported missing and believed to be in danger, but the situation may not meet all the criteria required for an AMBER Alert.
There are four criteria that must be met in order for an AMBER Alert to be raised. Law enforcement must confirm that an abduction has taken place, the child must be at risk of serious injury or death, there must be sufficient descriptive information of child, captor, or captor’s vehicle, and the child must be under 18 years of age.
The purpose of a Level II Endangered/Missing Child Advisory is to quickly disseminate information to the public to aid in locating the missing child.
The advisory might include details about the child, such as their age, physical description, last known location, and any other pertinent information that could help in finding them, much like how AMBER Alerts work.
The exact criteria and procedures for issuing such an advisory can vary by state or region.
A Level II Endangered/Missing child advisory means the missing child is believed to be in danger.
There is a Level III Missing Child Advisory, which is used when a child is missing, but the case is less urgent or the child may not be in immediate danger.
Different jurisdictions can have different advisories, terminology and criteria for missing children alerts.
Wisconsin has launched a Missing Child Alert system to work alongside the AMBER Alert system, following the deaths of two children in 2022.
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