{"id":33223,"date":"2023-10-25T11:56:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T15:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=33223"},"modified":"2023-10-25T16:55:46","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T20:55:46","slug":"tohono-oodham-nation-issues-missing-person-alerts-for-two-men","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2023\/10\/25\/tohono-oodham-nation-issues-missing-person-alerts-for-two-men\/","title":{"rendered":"Tohono O&#8217;odham Nation issues missing person alerts for two men"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-6\">\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2023\/10\/25\/tohono-oodham-nation-issues-missing-person-alerts-for-two-men\/thomasjlewis\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-33231\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"513\" height=\"675\" data-attachment-id=\"33231\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2023\/10\/25\/tohono-oodham-nation-issues-missing-person-alerts-for-two-men\/thomasjlewis\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/25\/ThomasJLewis.png\" data-orig-size=\"513,675\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Thomas J. Lewis\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Thomas J. Lewis&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Thomas J. Lewis. Courtesy photo&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/25\/ThomasJLewis.png\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/25\/ThomasJLewis.png\" alt=\"Thomas J. Lewis\"  class=\"size-full wp-image-33231\" \/><\/a> <figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">\r\nThomas J. Lewis. Courtesy photo<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"col-6\">\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2023\/10\/25\/tohono-oodham-nation-issues-missing-person-alerts-for-two-men\/phillippancho\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-33232\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"432\" height=\"605\" data-attachment-id=\"33232\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2023\/10\/25\/tohono-oodham-nation-issues-missing-person-alerts-for-two-men\/phillippancho\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/25\/PhillipPancho.png\" data-orig-size=\"432,605\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Phillip Pancho\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Phillip Pancho&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Phillip Pancho. Courtesy photo&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/25\/PhillipPancho.png\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/25\/PhillipPancho.png\" alt=\"Phillip Pancho\" class=\"size-full wp-image-33232\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\"> Phillip Pancho. Courtesy photo<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"h3-responsive font-weight-bold\">Tohono O&#8217;odham Nation issues missing person alerts for two men<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"date\">Wednesday, October 25, 2023<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"source\">Indianz.Com<\/div>\r\n<p><\/p><HR>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">UPDATE<\/div>\r\nThomas J. Lewis and Phillip Pancho have been located and have been found safe, the Tohono O&#8217;odham Nation said in a <a href=https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/25\/ton102523.pdf>news release on October 25, 2023<\/a>.<HR>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tonation-nsn.gov\/\">Tohono O&#8217;odham Nation<\/a> issued missing persons bulletins for two tribal citizens who were last seen at the  <a href=\"https:\/\/azstatefair.com\/\">Arizona State Fair<\/a>.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nAccording to the tribe, Thomas J. Lewis, age 61,  and Phillip Pancho, age 52, attended the fair  in Phoenix  on Friday, October 20. They were reported missing after they failed to return to the group they were traveling with, a <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/25\/ton102423.pdf\">news release<\/a> stated.\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n&#8220;Mr. Lewis and Mr. Pancho can be described as functional, with some diminished mental capacity,&#8221; the   release stated. &#8220;They are close friends and workmates, and it is likely that they would stay together. They are carrying identification but do not have cell phones with them.&#8221;\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nAccording to the tribe:\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"mx-4\">\r\n Thomas J. Lewis  was   wearing a camouflage baseball cap, eyeglasses, maroon shirt with a\r\nplaid long-sleeved shirt over it, and blue jeans. He is 5\u20191\u201d and weighs 150 pounds.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nPhillip Pancho  was wearing blue jeans, blue flannel shirt, blue tennis shoes and baseball cap.\r\n<\/div>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nAnyone with information is urged to contact  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tonation-nsn.gov\/public-safety\/police-department\/\">Tohono O\u2019odham Nation Police Department<\/a> Detective Mike Rivas at 520-383-3275. An investigation is ongoing in cooperation with multiple law enforcement agencies on an off the reservation.\r\n<P><\/p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/25\/ton102423.pdf\" class=\"pdfemb-viewer\" style=\"\" data-width=\"max\" data-height=\"max\" data-toolbar=\"both\" data-toolbar-fixed=\"on\">ton102423<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Tohono O\u2019odham Nation issued missing persons bulletins for two tribal citizens who were last seen at the Arizona State Fair.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33234,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,1],"tags":[42,511,4284,4285,41],"class_list":["post-33223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-law","category-national","tag-arizona","tag-law-enforcement","tag-phillip-pancho","tag-thomas-lewis","tag-tohono-oodham","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/25\/ThomasLewisPhillipPancho.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-8DR","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33223\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}