AMBER Alert: 2-year-old Christopher Cooper was abducted in Tangipahoa Parish, state police say. Last seen on I-55 in a white GMC Yukon, plate PJT070.

A teenage boy whose disappearance prompted an extensive search last week was never kidnapped, and the story was “completely ...

The Marion County sheriff said Caden Speight's parents have refused to allow detectives to speak with him to help authorities ...

A Florida teen who claimed he’d been shot and abducted by four Hispanic men “completely made up” the story, investigators say. Marion County Sheriff Billy Woods said that “there were an alarming ...

Marion County Sheriff Billy Woods says 17-year-old Caden Speight’s false abduction report triggered an Amber Alert before he ...

False Amber Alert Led to Massive Law Enforcement Response; Authorities Weighing Criminal Charges for Elaborate Hoax A massive, multi-agency search prompted by a false Amber Alert was called off late ...

A Florida teen feared to have been kidnapped by “four Hispanic men” last week actually faked his own abduction — and even ...

The Marion County Sheriff’s Office announced Monday that a statewide Amber Alert issued last week for 17-year-old Caden ...

Marion County Sheriff Billy Woods said 17-year-old Caden Speight faked his own abduction. A teen at the center of a statewide Amber Alert faked his kidnapping and shot himself to keep the lie going, ...

An Amber Alert has put a Central Florida teen in the wrong kind of spotlight. On Monday, Marion County Sheriff Billy Woods provided an update on the case of a “missing” 17-year-old named Caden Speight ...

In an update, the sheriff described how investigators conducted their search, despite getting "false information" from the ...

The teen's parents are currently refusing to allow detectives to question him, which has raised further questions about the case.