MESA, AZ — Three children reported missing after they left Rhodes Junior High School Thursday morning have been found safe, according to Mesa police.
The three boys, 14-year-old Christian Taylor, 13-year-old Nicholas Hensley-Pavich, and 13-year-old Tyler Whittaker, were last seen Thursday just after 9 a.m. at the school near Dobson and Baseline roads.
Police believe all three left together on foot.
Early Friday morning, police said they had been safely located in Phoenix.
The circumstances surrounding their disappearance and exactly where they were located were not immediately known.
