PASCO COUNTY, Fla. – Pasco Sheriff’s deputies are pleased to report that 6-year-old Axel Rhodes and 52-year-old Jennifer Breeding, who were the subject of an urgent search earlier today, have been located and are safe.
Details regarding where and when they were found were not immediately released, but the Pasco Sheriff’s Office confirmed that both individuals are no longer considered missing or endangered.
ORIGINAL REPORT: Pasco Sheriff’s deputies are urgently seeking the public’s help in locating a missing and endangered 6-year-old boy, Axel Rhodes, who was last seen early this morning in the Lutz area.
Authorities are also searching for 52-year-old Jennifer Breeding, who was last seen with the child.
Axel Rhodes is described as 4 feet 5 inches tall, weighing approximately 45 pounds, with dirty blonde hair and brown eyes. He was last seen around 1:15 a.m. on May 30th in the Dale Mabry Highway area of Lutz. At the time of his disappearance, Axel was wearing a multi-colored button-up shirt, jeans, and no shoes.
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Jennifer Breeding, last seen traveling with Axel, is 5 feet 4 inches tall, around 150 pounds, with gray hair and hazel eyes. She was last seen wearing blue jeans.
Breeding may be driving a green 2017 Chevrolet Camaro SS with distinctive black racing stripes. The vehicle bears an Arkansas license plate, ULLOSE.
Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of Axel Rhodes or Jennifer Breeding, or the green 2017 Chevrolet Camaro SS, is asked to immediately contact the Pasco Sheriff’s Non-Emergency Line at 727-847-8102, option 7. Tips can also be reported online at http://PascoSheriff.com/tips.
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