FOUND: APD seeks help finding missing juvenile

Press release from Alachua Police Department

Updated at 11:45 p.m.

ALACHUA, Fla. – Charae Bloom has been located and is safe.

Original: The Alachua Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance in locating a 16-year-old missing juvenile. Charae Bloom is described as a Black female, 5’6″, 160 lbs, with brown hair, brown eyes, and a scar on her left cheek. She was last seen at Santa Fe High School (16213 US-441, Alachua, FL 32615) on November 5, 2024.

It is important that Bloom be located due to medical conditions.

This is an ongoing investigation. Alachua Police Department case # 24APD01536.

If anyone has information about Bloom’s whereabouts, please contact the Alachua Police Department at (386) 462-1396.

  • Heavenly Father, I pray that you would protect this child and lead the search team to find her quickly. I ask in Jesus’ name. Amen

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