{"id":45264,"date":"2025-11-13T15:51:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T15:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/45264\/"},"modified":"2025-11-13T15:51:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T15:51:08","slug":"search-underway-for-missing-autistic-teen-last-seen-leaving-palm-city-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/45264\/","title":{"rendered":"Search underway for missing autistic teen last seen leaving Palm City home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PALM CITY, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 Authorities in Martin County are actively searching for a 14-year-old  autistic boy who was last seen leaving his home in Palm City following an argument with his mother.<\/p>\n<p>The Martin County Sheriff\u2019s Office (MCSO) said that they are searching for Ethan R. Boyd, who is autistic, and was last seen on the evening of November 12, around 8:30 p.m., leaving his home on SW Coquina Cove Way in Palm City.<\/p>\n<p>According to MCSO, Ethan left on foot after an argument with his mother. <\/p>\n<p>Officials said that this is not the first time he has run away, but he has been found quickly in previous incidents.<\/p>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/local\/bodycam-fort-pierce-city-hall-meeting-erupts-into-arrest-all-caught-on-camera-south-florida-treasure-coast-news-commission-chambers-on-the-treasure-coast-november-12-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Fort Pierce City Hall meeting erupts into arrest; all caught on camera<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ethan is described as having medium-length brown hair. At the time he went missing, he was wearing a gray shirt, blue shorts, and green shoes with a camo strap, per MCSO.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Martin County Sheriff\u2019s Office (MCSO) said that they are searching for Ethan R. Boyd, who is autistic, and was last seen on the evening of November 12, around 8:30 p.m., leaving his home on SW Coquina Cove Way in Palm City. (MCSO)\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/3e1555b3-cf57-4913-8818-14aa8578fb48-CopyofPhototemplate20251113T101106.470.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Martin County Sheriff\u2019s Office (MCSO) said that they are searching for Ethan R. Boyd, who is autistic, and was last seen on the evening of November 12, around 8:30 p.m., leaving his home on SW Coquina Cove Way in Palm City. (MCSO)<\/p>\n<p>If anyone has any information about Ethan\u2019s whereabouts, officials are urging them to contact 911 immediately.<\/p>\n<p>Find more ways to stay up to date with your latest local news. <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/sign-up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sign up for our newsletter<\/a> to get the day&#8217;s top headlines delivered right to your inbox. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@CBS12NewsWPEC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Subscribe to our YouTube channel<\/a> for the biggest stories and can&#8217;t miss video.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PALM CITY, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 Authorities in Martin County are actively searching for a 14-year-old autistic boy who&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":45265,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":{"0":"post-45264","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-port-st-lucie","8":"tag-port-st-lucie","9":"tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","10":"tag-port-st-lucie-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45264","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=45264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45264\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}