Los Angeles County detectives and their families are entering their third day begging them to go home, searching for a missing teenager struggling with depression.
“Families in our community are deeply concerned about their son, Noah Joseph, and so are us,” said Ryan A. Vienna, captain of the county sheriff’s department. “Noah, you’re not in trouble. We just want you to go home safely.”
According to LASD, the missing teenager Noah Joseph is said to be a 14-year-old white man and a county resident.
Joseph’s missing person flyers are circulating on social media, many of which refer to the Tiktok accounts, allegedly run by Joseph’s mother.
“My son, Noah Joseph, is still missing. It’s happening on the third day now,” Joseph’s mother said in a video in Tiktok posted Sunday afternoon.
In the video, she thanks her son’s friend for reaching out to her, asks her questions about Joseph and tries to help her find him.
“I don’t want you guys to stop. I want you to continue asking and sharing,” she said. “Maybe if some kids are scared to say something, say it, no one’s in trouble. I just want to make sure he’s safe.”
Noah Joseph, 14, is here in this photo taken in April 2025. (LASD)
Joseph was last seen in the 2200 block of Del Mar Road in Montrose, near Lacresenka and Tujunga, around 3pm on Friday, May 2nd. “But he may be everywhere now,” said the caption of his mother, Tiktok.
In a video of Tiktok, she said Joseph had already missed three drugs as her teenage mother posted on Saturday.
“He’s super charismatic, sweet and polite,” the mother explained in a video between her tears. “please help me.”
Joseph is about 5 feet and 6 inches tall, weighs about 190 pounds, with dark hair, brown eyes and glasses.
He finally saw him wearing a green and white striped sweater and blue jeans.
Anyone with information about this case will be asked to contact Los Angeles County Sheriff Cressen Kavaler Station Detective Ponce or the on-service watch commander at 818-248-3464.
To provide information anonymously, you can dial 800-222-TIPS (8477) or call “Crimestoppers” using the website http://lacrimestoppers.org.
