Mason Roberson was 16 when he was last seen in Anchorage, Alaska, on May 18, 2024. He has brown hair, brown eyes, and a small scar over his right eyebrow. The day began with a confrontation with his father around 5:30 a.m. about alcohol; Mason left the home afterward. Security cameras recorded him leaving, and a neighbor’s camera captured the last confirmed sighting at Venus Way and Gwenn Drive, where he was seen breaking his cell phone. He left wearing a gray t-shirt, gray shorts, white tennis shoes, and his glasses, and had no money, identification, or prescribed medication with him.

In the weeks after his disappearance the family received two unexplained text messages — one on his seventeenth birthday from a California area code and another on Mother’s Day from a British Columbia area code — that Mason’s mother believes could be from him; both numbers went unresponsive. Mason had also spoken with online gaming friends about meeting someone in California, prompting investigators to consider California and British Columbia as areas of interest. Multiple agencies, including the Anchorage Police Department, Alaska State Troopers, and the U.S. Marshals Service, are involved and an age-progressed image to 18 years was released.

If anyone saw Mason around Venus Way and Gwenn Drive on May 18, 2024, or has information about the texts or his online contacts, please share what is known.