Harris County Precinct 5 Finds Missing 11-Year-Old Boy Safe

An 11-year-old boy in a black hoodie bearing a Spider-Man logo on the back walked away from his neighborhood near the intersection of Caitlyn Blossom Lane and Azul Sky Court on Thursday evening, triggering a rapid missing-child alert that sent Harris County residents scanning streets and sharing his description across social media. By 9:30 p.m., Harris County Precinct 5 deputies confirmed Lawrence Kire had been found safe and sound, roughly four and a half hours after he first left home.

Lawrence was last seen around 5 p.m., dressed in black pants alongside the black hoodie with its distinctive Spider-Man logo across the back. Officials circulated a missing-child flyer describing his appearance and last known location, and FOX 26 Houston amplified the alert to the wider public. The constable's office later thanked the public and media for sharing the bulletin, crediting that dissemination with helping locate the boy.

The search was coordinated by Harris County Precinct 5 Constable's Office, the second-largest constable's office in the United States, under the direction of Constable Terry Allbritton, the office's 23rd constable. Allbritton brings 35 years of public service to the role, including U.S. Air Force service from 1988 to 1992 and deployment to Saudi Arabia during Desert Shield/Desert Storm. The office is headquartered at 17423 Katy Freeway in Houston and operates a 24-hour dispatch line at (281) 463-6666.

The speed of Thursday's resolution reflects a coordinated alert infrastructure operating against a striking backdrop. In 2025, Harris County recorded 6,357 new missing child cases, and the broader 14-county Houston-Galveston Region accounted for 7,988 total cases, representing 28% of every missing child report filed across Texas that year. The county consistently ranks as one of the highest-volume jurisdictions in the nation for such cases.

Nationally, the data offers measured encouragement. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children assisted law enforcement with 29,568 missing child cases in 2024 and achieved a 91% overall recovery rate. That same year, NCMEC distributed 92,236 missing child alerts in Texas through the ADAM program, which enables law enforcement and media outlets to rapidly circulate descriptions and photographs, and supported 53 AMBER Alert cases in Texas involving 62 children.

The circumstances surrounding Lawrence's disappearance were not publicly disclosed, but the Texas Center for the Missing notes that 80 to 85% of all missing child cases nationally involve runaways rather than abductions. Child-safety advocates consistently flag that runaway children face elevated exposure to physical violence, homelessness, substance use, and trafficking, concerns that organizations like the Houston Rescue and Restore Coalition address directly within the Greater Houston area.

For families in similar situations, NCMEC maintains a 24-hour hotline at 1-800-THE-LOST. The Lawrence Kire case, closed in under five hours through the combination of a swift public alert and neighborhood cooperation, demonstrates what the coordinated model looks like when each link in the chain holds.