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Update: WSP cancels MIPA alert for missing male teen

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Update (11 a.m.): Cooper has been located and WSP has cancelled this MIPA. The original article appears below.

Washington State Patrol has issued a Missing Indigenous Person Alert (MIPA) for a 14-year-old boy last seen around 8 a.m. March 2 in the 4100 block of Deemer Road in Bellingham.

Dakota Cooper is 5 feet, 8 inches tall with brown hair and brown eyes. He was reported missing when he did not return home from school.

Anyone with information is asked to call 911 and reference case number 26B11849.

This story was originally published March 3, 2026 at 9:45 AM.

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Jack Belcher covers transportation and recreation for The Bellingham Herald. He graduated from Central Washington University with a degree in digital journalism in 2020 and joined the staff in September 2022. Belcher resides in Bellingham.
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