Oregon Dept. of Human Services - 05/30/25 3:52 PM
SALEM, OR – The Oregon Department of Human Services (ODHS), Child Welfare Division, asks the public to help find Mia Thomas, age 17, a child in foster care who went missing from Albany on May 27. Mia is believed to be in danger.
ODHS asks the public for help in the effort to find Mia and to contact 911 or local law enforcement if they believe they see her.
Mia is suspected to be in the Albany area and is known to frequent Sunrise Park and Eleanor Hackleman Park.
Name: Mia Angel Nevaeh Thomas
Pronouns: she/her
Date of birth: January 9, 2008
Height: 5-foot-7
Weight: 215 pounds
Eye color: Brown
Hair color: Dyed dark red
Other identifying information: Mia’s left nostril is pierced and she often wears a fake septum ring.
Albany Police Department Case #25-03027
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children #2052167
Sometimes when a child is missing they may be in significant danger and ODHS may need to locate them to assess and support their safety. As ODHS works to do everything it can to find these missing children and assess their safety, media alerts will be issued in some circumstances when it is determined necessary. Sometimes, in these situations, a child may go missing repeatedly, resulting in more than one media alert for the same child.
Report child abuse to the Oregon Child Abuse Hotline by calling 1-855-503-SAFE (7233). This toll-free number allows you to report abuse of any child or adult to the Oregon Department of Human Services, 24 hours a day, seven days a week and 365 days a year.
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