Fifteen-year-old Madison Brown has been missing from Cincinnati’s Westwood neighborhood since Feb. 14, authorities say. She is described as Black, about 4 feet 11 inches tall and approximately 98 pounds, and was last seen wearing a beige hooded sweatshirt and gray sweatpants. Family members and investigators have been searching the neighborhood since her disappearance.
In a post on X, the Cincinnati Police Department asked the public to help locate Brown, saying she left in an unknown direction and listing report number 2026-inc-002826-1. The alert notes her date of birth as July 16, 2010, and that she was last seen at about 8:25 p.m. on Feb. 14. The department’s post also directs tips to Detective Williams at the number provided with the alert.
What Authorities Have Released So Far
An Ohio Attorney General missing-person poster lists Brown as missing from Cincinnati since Feb. 14 and repeats the clothing and physical details authorities released. That posting specifies her hair as black and her eyes as brown, matching information in the police alert. Ohio Attorney General materials also include an alternate tip line for Cincinnati Emergency Communications.
Per the Cincinnati Police Department’s alert, Brown “left in an unknown direction” from the Westwood area and the disappearance was reported to police on Feb. 16. Investigators included report number 2026-inc-002826-1 with the case and say they are actively following leads. The Cincinnati Police Department posted the case details and photo with the public appeal.
How To Help
Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Williams at 513-263-8333, police say, or call the Cincinnati Emergency Communications Center at 513-352-6474 as listed by state authorities. Tips related to this case will be logged under report number 2026-inc-002826-1 and will be passed to investigators assigned to the matter. Authorities encourage residents to check doorbell and home-security footage from the Westwood area on and around Feb. 14.
Neighborhood Context
Westwood has seen similar missing-person alerts in recent years, and residents frequently share tips and footage through social platforms and local tip lines when teens go missing. Hoodline covered a January 2025 CPD appeal for another Westwood teen, showing how quickly neighborhood posts can help focus searches. that prior appeal tracked the case and the community response…