Missing Florida Child Found in Van on Alabama Interstate 10
By Rick McCann
Blue RAM Media/Gulf Coast News
March 12, 2026
BALDWIN COUNTY, Ala. A missing child from Fort Myers was spotted in a Budget rental van on Interstate 10 in Florida by a Florida Highway Patrol trooper as it was entering the Alabama line.
ALEA was contacted by FHP and began looking for the van entering the state and within minutes an Alabama trooper spotted the vehicle and began to follow it westbound on I-10.
Additional troopers began to follow the van that had Oklahoma tags and eventually conducted a traffic stop on the rental van near the 30-mile marker.
The child was recovered and the driver was detained.
While on scene, the male suspect had a medical emergency and was transported by ambulance to an area hospital.
Currently, law enforcement in both states is conducting a further investigation into the incident.
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