Photo courtesy Alexis Camacho
His family and friends say he was at his home in Pine Cove and told his mom he was going running on the Pine Cove control roads. He was last seen wearing black shorts and a blue hoodie sweatshirt.
Camacho posted this information the Idyllwild Community Facebook page: “This is my son. His name is Timothy Michael Mejia. He’s about 5’3″, 103 pounds. Blue eyes, dirty blonde hair. The last anyone heard from him was when he texted me at 4:32 That he was going running. I’m sure that was a cover story. I got notified by the assistant principal of his school that a close friend of his told him that he had plans to go to a friend’s house after school but never made it. If you see him or hear anything, please let me know or Bryan Felix as soon as possible. I’ll update however I can. Thank you in advance.”
Mejia is a freshman at Hemet High School, but he did not come to school today, as his parents hoped he might.
A Riverside County Sheriff’s department search helicopter flew over Pine Cove on Wednesday evening calling for him.
The search resumed this morning, with locals, who saw information about the missing boy posted on Facebook, joining the search effort on foot and mountain bike.
3:15 p.m. UPDATE: Sgt. Chris Willson with media information office at Riverside County Sheriff’s Department said he spoke to deputies at the Hemet substation and they are still actively looking for Mejia.
“Some of his friends have been in contact with him following him being reported as missing,” Willson said. “Nothing suspicious has come up we’re handling this as a missing person case,” he said. Willson said foul play is not suspected.
3:45 p.m. UPDATE: Willson said Mejia is safe. He said Mejia walked to a friend’s house in Hemet and “forgot to tell his parents.”
His stepfather Bryan Felix posted this on the Idyllwild Crime Watch Facebook page:
Anyone with information should contact the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department at (951) 791-3400.
