Ansh Arora found safe after May 10 report near Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport

Tempe police said Arizona State student Ansh Arora was found safe after he was reported missing just after midnight on May 10, when he did not pick up his parents from phoenix sky harbor international airport. Officers had tried to reach him without success, and his family said he was last known to be in Tempe.

Arora is 22 and was nearing graduation, according to friends who said his parents had traveled to Tempe to see him for that milestone. His case drew attention because police said he was not responding to messages and did not meet the criteria for entry into NCIC’s missing persons database.

Tempe Police and NCIC

Tempe Police said the department’s Criminal Investigations Bureau was looking into the case after the missing report came in. The department's involvement followed a string of failed attempts to make contact with Arora, including outreach by officers and messages from friends.

The NCIC point mattered in how the case was handled. Tempe police said Arora did not meet the criteria for entry into the missing persons database, even as the search continued locally through the department’s investigative unit.

Arizona State and graduation

Friends said Arora’s parents had traveled to Tempe to see him for his graduation, placing the missing-person report against a tight personal deadline. That detail put the search in a narrower frame than a routine welfare check: he was not only a student, but someone expected to be with family for a specific event.

With Arora now located and safe, the immediate concern for his family and friends has eased. What remains from the case is the sequence that triggered the response in the first place: a student absent from an airport pickup, then unreachable, then found.