Update: Police locate boy, 7, who was reported missing in Tacoma
Update, 8:06 p.m.: Police reported on Facebook that the boy has been located. No further details were immediately available.
Original post: Tacoma police are looking for a 7-year-old boy who was last seen getting off the Link light rail with a woman.
Skyler Dodey went missing after he was spotted in the downtown Tacoma area around 8 p.m. Tuesday. Police said he is on the spectrum and described him as very social and friendly, according to the department on Facebook.
The department wrote in an update he was last seen walking in the 1900 block of MLK Jr Way with a woman who is an acquaintance.
Dodey was not at school Wednesday morning, a Tacoma Police Department spokesperson told The News Tribune.
He has brown hair and was wearing a green camo t-shirt, blue jeans and black sneakers, the post said.
Anyone with information on Dodey’s location is asked to call 911 right away.
This story was originally published September 10, 2025 at 10:49 AM.
