Manuel Michael Anthony Ruiz was 14 when he was last seen on December 21, 2013, in the area of North 16th Avenue and West Glendale Road in Phoenix. He had recently moved to Phoenix from Winslow with his mother and brother following his father’s death. Manuel is Hispanic and American Indian, 5 feet 6 inches, about 120 pounds, with black hair, brown eyes and a two-inch scar on the back of his right hand. He sometimes used aliases including Daniel Rodriguez, Manuel Avendano and Anthony Avendano.

Manuel had a history of running away, but family and investigators say this disappearance was different because he never made contact or returned. Authorities classified the case as endangered missing. There were unsubstantiated ideas that he might have tried to return to Winslow or remained somewhere in the Phoenix area, but no confirmed sightings or solid leads have emerged.

Did anyone in the Phoenix or Winslow areas know Manuel or see him around late December 2013?