Authorities search for 15-year-old boy from Ocala

Caleb Bacallao last seen on Northeast 5th Place in Ocala, FDLE says

OCALA, Fla. – The Florida Department of Law Enforcement has issued a missing child alert for a teenage boy from Ocala.

Caleb Bacallao, 15, was last seen in the area of 1800 block of Northeast Fifth Place in Ocala.

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The FDLE said he is possibly with Gerald Beckett, 16, and possibly Daisy Merchant, 15.

Bacallao is described by the FDLE as a white boy who is 5 feet 7 inches tall, weighs 180 pounds, and has brown hair and brown eyes. He was wearing a T-shirt, shorts and red Converse high-top sneakers.

Beckett is described as a white boy who is 5 feet 9 inches tall, weighs 130 pounds and has blond hair. Merchant is described as a white girl who is 5 feet tall, weighs 110 pounds, and has blond hair and green eyes.

Anyone who knows Bacallao's whereabouts is asked to call the FDLE, the Ocala Police Department at 352-369-7070 or 911.