A Florida mom was told her missing son had been found safe while she was in the middle of a press conference begging for help in finding him.
Olga Adcock was making her public appeal Monday for help finding her son Benjamin, a 16-year-old with autism, when someone interrupted them to break the news that “he’s been found.”
“Oh my goodness gracious!,” St. Johns County Sheriff Rob Hardwick said, turning to hug the mom who added: “Praise the Lord!”
𝐌𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝟏𝟔-𝐘𝐄𝐀𝐑-𝐎𝐋𝐃 𝐅𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃 𝐒𝐀𝐅𝐄 𝐃𝐔𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐒𝐉𝐒𝐎 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐅𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄
This morning, the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office announced a positive outcome in a missing persons search that began over the weekend.
Benjamin Adcock (16) was… pic.twitter.com/NkvklIqP44
— St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office (@TeamSJSO) September 14, 2026
“Wow, there is light at the end of the tunnel,” she said during the heartwarming embrace before thanking the sheriff.
The teen had been missing nearly 48 hours after wandering off from his home in St. Augustine just after noon on Saturday.
The search for him involved K9 teams, drones, helicopters and volunteers.
He was finally found by a good Samaritan who recognized him from an appeal photo shared on social media.
