Twelve-year-old Malaya Gladden was last seen in Lawton, Oklahoma, on December 22, 2025. Public missing-child listings give only basic identifying information: her name, age, gender, last-seen date and city, and the Lawton Police Department as the local agency to contact. The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children filed her case under NCMEC number 2072383 and public alerts directed tips to the Lawton Police Department at 580-581-3270 or NCMEC’s 24-hour hotline at 1-800-843-5678.

Available notices offer no publicly reported narrative about the moments before she was last seen, what she was wearing, who last saw her, or whether investigators believe she may have left Lawton. If anyone has information about Malaya’s whereabouts or saw her on or after December 22, 2025, please contact the Lawton Police Department or NCMEC.