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Hopi officials recruiting volunteers in search for man missing for more than a year

Ambrose "Moe" Sinquah has been missing since Sept. 28, 2020 when he was last seen at his home in Keams Canyon on the Hopi reservation.
First Mesa Consolidated Villages
Ambrose "Moe" Sinquah has been missing since Sept. 28, 2020 when he was last seen at his home in Keams Canyon on the Hopi reservation.

Officials on First Mesa on the Hopi reservation are recruiting volunteers to help in a second search for a man missing for more than a year.

Ambrose “Moe” Sinquah was last seen on Sept. 28, 2020 walking near his home in Keams Canyon.

First Mesa authorities say they’ve identified new leads and are planning a more organized search under the guidance of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Criminal Investigation Unit and law enforcement.

A search and rescue and recovery training session will be held Wed, Nov. 17 at 1 and 6 p.m. at the First Mesa Consolidated Villages Community Building, and a search team will mobilize Thu, Nov. 18 and Fri, Nov. 19 to specified locations.

For more information on the training, call (928) 737-2670.

Sinquah is about 5 feet, 11 inches tall and weighs about 175 pounds with dark brown eyes and hair and a visible scar on his left cheek.