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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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[–] rimu@piefed.social 138 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Shoot yourself to own the libs.

Ok then?

[–] chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 38 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Can this be the new cinnamon challenge?

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 week ago

Charlie Kirk challenge.

[–] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 16 points 1 week ago

Sounds like a plan. Hopefully a nationwide one

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 6 points 1 week ago

Ok then?

Oh, Caden

[–] AmericanEconomicThinkTank@lemmy.world 82 points 1 week ago (4 children)
[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 59 points 1 week ago

They want to instigate a race war.

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 24 points 1 week 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...?

Nazis gonna Nazi.

[–] D_C@sh.itjust.works 68 points 1 week 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.

You need the DA to bring charges against him. That could take a few days while they review the case.

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[–] tal@olio.cafe 49 points 1 week ago (2 children)

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

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

For a Nazi, that is 'well'

[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] Microtonal_Banana@lemmy.zip 43 points 1 week ago

Totally not a cult of mentally disturbed people.

[–] LiveLM@lemmy.zip 32 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Mofo shot himself on the leg for no reason lmaooooo

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 week ago

Holstered a loaded gun, safety off, in his belt like on TV. This kid has a future with ICE.

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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.

[–] seejur@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago

No: as per aticle and Op post, he purchased camping supplies beforehand. He planned it

[–] kvasir476@lemmy.world 31 points 1 week ago

Sanest Florida-man

[–] mysticpickle@lemmy.ca 28 points 1 week ago

Bro just Jussie Smollet'ed himself

[–] pleaseletmein@lemmy.zip 27 points 1 week ago (1 children)

(Shoots self) “Ha! Take that, Libs!”

[–] CH3DD4R_G0BL1N@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Will we finally go full tilt and get to see one of them eat actual shit to make a “radical leftist” smell it?

[–] RedRibbonArmy@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago

I mean the proud boys stick dildos in their asses to "own the libs".

[–] baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

[–] ZoopZeZoop@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

[–] baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Meh, close enough. Just let me have this one

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[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What kind of idiot shoots themselves in the leg

[–] Zier@fedia.io 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Shdwdrgn@mander.xyz 15 points 1 week ago (2 children)

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

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[–] digital_man@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago

ICE capades.

[–] PixellatedDave@feddit.uk 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Shouldn't he be on a terrorism charge?

[–] slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] anton@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 week ago

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

[–] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 week ago

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

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (2 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.

[–] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

We are talking about Florida people here.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 week 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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[–] bigfondue@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Definitely something a Caden would do

[–] ceph@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

This guy is a full blown loser.

[–] ideonek@piefed.social 8 points 1 week ago (3 children)
[–] ultranaut@lemmy.world 25 points 1 week ago (3 children)

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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[–] rozodru@piefed.social 8 points 1 week 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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[–] HaraldvonBlauzahn@feddit.org 6 points 1 week ago

What's going on is clearly not good for the mental health of people.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 week ago

Missed his head. Typical.

[–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Why would spider-man do that?!

Seriously, that pic looks like Tom Holland.

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

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