PUTNAM COUNTY, Fla. – The Putnam County Sheriff’s Office wants the public to know that there is a false post about a missing child circulating on social media.
Last week, the Sheriff’s Office posted a photo of a flyer claiming that a child has not been seen by his mother and that he is potentially endangered, with deputies warning that this is not true. According to the Sheriff’s Office, the child’s mother purposely posted the fake flyer.
The post, according to the Sheriff’s Office, falsely claims the young teenage boy “is believed to be in extreme danger as he was kidnapped by two known child rapist traffickers” and provides names.
Deputies said the child is, in fact, safe with his father, who was granted sole custody, and enrolled in school. They also said they have checked on the child’s welfare multiple times.
Deputies said the family is cooperating and they are trying to maintain the family’s privacy but felt the need to address this publicly since the flyer was posted to several social media platforms. Deputies ask people to take down any posts with the flyer and to stop sharing those posts.
Deputies told News4JAX on Monday that despite the post being fake, people across the U.S., including some advocates against human trafficking, have believed what the mother of the child posted online.
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