When the teen apparently vanished, his mother told police that she received a text from him which alleged that four Hispanic men had shot him before bundling him into a white van and driving away.

Before he vanished, local reports indicate that he was seen wearing a red "MAGA" hat.

Cops located his car near Marion County Airport, 80 miles from Orlando, and issued an Amber Alert to find the teen.

The teenager was later found “alive and well” on September 26.

However, Billy Woods, the Marion County Sheriff, now claims that the crime was an elaborate “hoax” devised by Speight.

In a social media video, Woods conceded that there were “red flags” early on in the case.

According to him, Speight "simply rode away towards Williston while the rest of us were left to think the worst, and my team was working in overdrive to solve this case."

To continue the ruse, Caden, who had a handgun with him since the beginning of all of this, chose to shoot himself in the leg.

“There is zero chance that Caden’s gunshot wound came from any type of assailant,” he added.

An investigation involving local, state, and federal agencies found that Speight purchased a bicycle, a tent, and camping supplies before disappearing.

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[–] 82 points 1 year ago (4 children)
  • [–] 26 points 1 year ago

    Republicans, man. Literally will hurt themselves if it harms those they hate. Did you happen to notice the party with control over all 3 branches of government just let it shut down...?

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  • [–] 134 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Shoot yourself to own the libs.

    Ok then?

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  • [–] 49 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    The teenager was later found “alive and well” on September 26.

    "Well" other than the self-inflicted gunshot wound, one imagines.

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  • [–] 44 points 1 year ago

    Totally not a cult of mentally disturbed people.

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  • [–] 69 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    “Many of you have asked, ‘Will Caden be facing any charges?’
    “‘What about the taxpayer cost of this large-scale investigation and search?’
    “I can tell you those items are not off the table at this point,” the sheriff added.

    That doesn't sound very convincing. The little shit deffo should be charged straight away.

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    [–] 33 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Mofo shot himself on the leg for no reason lmaooooo

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    My money is accidentally shout himself in the leg, the tried to cover it with the kidnapping story. But I don’t know the actual timeline, I’m just trying to rationalize the stupidity, which could be a mistake.

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  • [–] 30 points 1 year ago

    Sanest Florida-man

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  • [–] 28 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    (Shoots self) “Ha! Take that, Libs!”

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  • [+] 27 points 1 year ago (1 child)
  • [–] 23 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    His last name is a homophone for “spite”. This shit writes itself.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Is that how you pronounce it? I would have pronounced it like "spate."

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Meh, close enough. Just let me have this one

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    Hey! You know what? It looks like you were right! Nice work, my friend! Pizza and Mario Kart? Or if you want, my son and I have been getting into Lovers in Space. Cute game where characters have to run around your ship to get to different guns, shield, engine, and map to travel across space and kill attackers while freeing friendly animals. We could use a 3rd (And 4th).

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  • [–] 21 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    What kind of idiot shoots themselves in the leg

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago (3 children)
  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Don't forget about cops giving gun-safety classes.

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  • [–] 18 points 1 year ago

    ICE capades.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Shouldn't he be on a terrorism charge?

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago

    Reminds me of a nazi in Germany that had his friend hack of some of his fingers to blame it on radical leftists.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago

    Jeez, the alternate timeline where Tom Holland turned to Meth is wild!

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Sounds like Caden needs to watch some true crime to find out just how stupid he looked to anyone with at least two brain cells.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    to find out just how stupid he looked to anyone with at least two brain cells.

    We are talking about Florida people here.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Actually not. The only reason why we see these stories from Florida is because the state has unusual transparency laws on reporting offenses.

    This type of Florida man shit is taking place across the country we just don't hear about it.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Thats just a myth people on Reddit repeated over and over again believing it's true. Wacky events get reported on wherever they occur. These wacky events just happen to occur most often in Florida. It has nothing to do with their "Sunshine law."

    Florida's Government in the Sunshine Law, commonly called the Sunshine Law, passed in 1967. It requires that all meetings of any state, county, or municipal board or commission in Florida be open to the public, and declares that actions taken at closed meetings are not binding

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_Sunshine_Law

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    Part of that lets journalists get enough details to publish quickly, before the story gets stale. We're also the 3rd most populous state, 23 million people and some are going to get up to some weird shit.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago

    This guy is a full blown loser.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    Why would spider-man do that?!

    Seriously, that pic looks like Tom Holland.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    Missed his head. Typical.

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    Incite hate while becoming a new MAGA star. If it worked out he could become an influencer and be famous forever as the kid who escaped being kidnapped by scary brown folks.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago

    for the grift. There's money to be made being a facist in America because you can con your fellow facists for money. He wanted to be a martyr for "the cause" and then ride that clout for financial gain. go be on some podcasts, start his own podcast, start a crypto currency, etc, etc, etc.

    To these idiots shooting oneself in the leg is a minimal price to pay for a potential multi-million dollar payday.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    Dude shot the wrong part of his body but that's not a surprise

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Like the woman who carved a B into her forehead in the mirror and said it was Obama supporters. They do this because they believe it's already happening but it's not being reported on so they HAVE to fake the very real thing that that definitely happens so that people will know that it happens!!!!

    Wild.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Welcome back Đorđe Martinović.

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