- December 9, 2025
Two young children abducted in Flagler County on July 14 were found west of Jacksonville by Jacksonville Sheriff's Office deputies and the Florida Highway Patrol.
The children — a 3-year-old girl and a 4-year-old boy — were abducted from their home in the Z-section of Palm Coast at around 2 p.m. The children's biological father abducted them, placing them in a minivan with Indiana plates and driving off, according to a press release from the Flagler County Sheriff's Office.
The FCSO issued a Be On the Lookout advisory for the grey Toyota Sienna just after 3 p.m., noting that the children had been taken by a family member who did not have legal authority to take them.
FHP and JSO law enforcement officers found the children just before 4 p.m. on Interstate 10 near mile marker 346 and arrested the father. The children were unharmed.
The father has been charged with two counts of kidnapping a minor under 13 and is being held in the Duval County jail on no bond pending a transfer to Flagler County's jail. The father said he travelled to Flagler County to abduct the children, the press release said.
This story has been updated with additional information.
