{"id":311139,"date":"2026-06-18T00:09:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T00:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/311139\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T00:09:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T00:09:14","slug":"teen-biking-from-jacksonville-to-florida-keys-has-vanished-mid-trip-authorities-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/311139\/","title":{"rendered":"Teen biking from Jacksonville to Florida Keys has vanished mid-trip, authorities say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text text--small text--normal text--primary\">Published:\u00a0June 17, 2026 at 2:07 PM<\/p>\n<p class=\"text text--small text--normal text--primary\">Updated:\u00a0June 17, 2026 at 2:57 PM<\/p>\n<p>lead-art-block.fullscreen-enterExpand<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/TPGPGBFRVZCYNKYU2ZQMMAICCU.jpg\"  width=\"870\" height=\"489\"\/>Jasper Frohock (SLCSO) <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">FORT PIERCE, Fla. \u2014 An 18-year-old who was biking from Jacksonville to the Florida Keys has gone missing, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/espanol\/2026\/06\/17\/desaparece-adolescente-que-viajaba-en-bicicleta-de-jacksonville-a-los-cayos-de-florida-dicen-autoridades\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/espanol\/2026\/06\/17\/desaparece-adolescente-que-viajaba-en-bicicleta-de-jacksonville-a-los-cayos-de-florida-dicen-autoridades\/\">Leer en espa\u00f1ol<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Investigators with the St. Lucie County Sheriff\u2019s Office said Tuesday that Jasper Frohock was reported missing on Monday after last being seen in the 1900 block of Crestview Drive in Fort Pierce.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cThroughout his journey, he was traveling several miles each day by bicycle and camping overnight in a tent, often staying at local parks,\u201d an SLCSO news release states.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Authorities said they don\u2019t know where he currently is.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Frohock is described as white, 5-foot-8, weighing 150 pounds, with red hair and brown eyes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Anyone with information is asked to call the SLCSO at 772-462-7300 or, if they see Frohock and believe he is in immediate danger, 911.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Editor\u2019s note: This article has been updated to correct the date of the news release.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfe0 News From Your Neighborhood<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Chris Gothner\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/https:\/\/author-service-images-sandbox-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub\/wplginc\/3be3b5ed-fb4b-43ce-8b.jpeg\"  width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/>Chris Gothner <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-author-bio__author-description\">Chris Gothner joined the Local 10 News team in 2022 as a Digital Journalist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published:\u00a0June 17, 2026 at 2:07 PM Updated:\u00a0June 17, 2026 at 2:57 PM lead-art-block.fullscreen-enterExpandJasper Frohock (SLCSO) FORT PIERCE, Fla.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":311140,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-311139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=311139"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311139\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/311140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=311139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=311139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=311139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}