Found Safe FL - Caden Speight, 17, kidnapped by 4 unknown men in light-colored van, do not approach, last seen 12800 block SW Hwy 484, Dunellon, 25 Sep 2025

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Marion County Sheriff's Office​

UPDATE: Caden has been located safe in Williston. This investigation is still on-going. More updates will be provide as they become available.
 
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So I guess McClure was correct about seeing him on the bike! I saw some Facebook comments regarding him on a bike as well.

If as the Sheriff said (as per Brian Entin) that there were no Hispanic males involved, how awful and incendiary of him, especially in our current political climate.

MOO
 
  • #143
KBlackRabbit said:
If the bullet hole wasn’t there before he damaged a work truck, wasted emergency services, and owes a lot of people especially the Hispanic community a huge apology.
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How did he get a gun for the bullet hole at 17? Family gun?

I am interested in his motivation behind this.
 
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Kid must be related to Sherri P.
 
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Personally, I think his actions were a cry for help. Who knows what was going on in his life, but I'm guessing some real pressure....school, bullying, parental control, girlfriend breakup, whatever. At 17 years old pressures can be devastating to the point of acting out.
I hope Caden has help and support and can get back on his feet.
 
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kuromiiiilove said:
How did he get a gun for the bullet hole at 17? Family gun?

I am interested in his motivation behind this.
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His mom's FB has a lot of pics of him shooting guns from a fairly young age.
IMO.
 
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As many of us suspected - but glad he is physically safe. If it is found he made the bullet hole I hope that is added to any charges he has pending for false reporting of a crime. He may indeed need psychological help at this point, and I hope he gets it, but that doens't preclude owning up to what he has done, and the resultant cost and effect on a community. (not to mention his parents).
 
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i’m surprised this case got an amber alert, i remember other cases where parents said their child was abducted and the police wouldn’t give out an amber alert when there was no clear evidence of abduction! i guess it must vary from state to state, or from case to case.

it also reminds me of that guy who tried to fake his own death in a lake, rode to the airport on his electric bike iirc and flew to central asia or eastern europe. i wonder what this boy was planning to do - if he had thought that far ahead.
 
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Leilei said:
His mom's FB has a lot of pics of him shooting guns from a fairly young age.
IMO.
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As European i found this horrific… sorry. Like why would young boy need guns in his life?
 
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tara83 said:
And IF he made this story up he should be charged IMO.
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Is there any specific relevance to his claim that his abductors were hispanic rather than, say, Caucasian or black? I'm conscious that Sherri Papini claimed that her supposed abductors were hispanic - which turned out to be a complete fabrication.

ETA that I see several other posters have noticed the Papini parallel. Sorry - I got a bit behind with reading the thread.
 
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moniii455 said:
As European i found this horrific… sorry. Like why would young boy need guns in his life?
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Shooting/marksmanship is actually a sport and many schools have teams. Shooting is even an Olympic sport. Beyond sports, such as target shooting and clay shooting, guns have traditionally been seen as a necessary tool if you live in the rural United States, as well as other places. There was a time when young men and women were taught how to properly handle guns with responsibility and respect. Many still do. Just one perspective on why a 17 year old boy who obviously lives on a farm might have access.
 
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moniii455 said:
As European i found this horrific… sorry. Like why would young boy need guns in his life?
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As a Brit I don't find this "horrific". It has traditionally been quite normal for the children of landowning and farming families here to be introduced to the safe handling and use of air rifles at a fairly young age and graduate to shotguns in their teens. All under close supervision, of course.
 
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Leilei said:
His mom's FB has a lot of pics of him shooting guns from a fairly young age.
IMO.
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I'm looking at her FB and the only pictures I see of him with a gun are hunting photos and all of them show adults also. Looks like waterfowl hunting, which I would imagine is big in Florida. I think it's good to put those photos in context. This is a very normal thing for dads and children to do together. There are even youth hunts in many locations.

I see a lot of him playing sports, family vacations, birthdays and normal family things. Looks like he has 3 younger brothers and big sister.
 
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Imagine the mix of emotions his parents must be feeling. Thank goodness he's okay.

17 is old enough to know not to do this. I hope they find a good therapist for him, someone who can really help him dig deep and heal everything that led to this. And maybe quite a few hours serving back the community, but hopefully people will go easy on this family.
 
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moniii455 said:
As European i found this horrific… sorry. Like why would young boy need guns in his life?
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It’s not unusual for his family’s business. A lot of people with land need guns for snakes, wild boar, bears, destructive rodents and of course gators.
 
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Leilei said:
His mom's FB has a lot of pics of him shooting guns from a fairly young age.
IMO.
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Welp, that makes sense.

I’m born and raised in Florida, and we have a huge gun culture here - I actually believe we have the most firearms per person in the country, if I am recalling that correctly!

I have such mixed feelings about guns. My great-uncle was a competitive shooter, and as a little girl, there was nothing more exciting than him teaching us to hit a target a hundred yards away (literal ‘child’s play’ for him, he won ELR competitions with targets beyond 1,000 yards!). I am a gun owner, and I practice on a range regularly, as well as shoot clays. I think that it’s a form of sportsmanship, getting outdoors, and even community. But I also think parents need to do WAY better at locking up their weapons or finding a way to prevent their underaged children from being able to access those weapons. They can be fun, but they are certainly not toys. There are two recent cases in my area where boys ended up shooting each other thinking the weapon was unloaded, and that hurts my heart.

I will say I am very glad this young man did not use this weapon to hurt himself.

MOO
 
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justtrish said:
This is a very normal thing for dads and children to do together.
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And years later, this kid wasn't responsible with his gun.

We see terrible cases of teenagers + guns here all the time, so personally I am very against normalizing it and wouldn't call it normal.
 
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