Seventeen-year-old Jadyn Smith was last seen in Lakeland, Florida, on Tuesday, August 18, 2026. His disappearance was reported to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office on August 19, 2026, and detectives opened an active missing person investigation.

Jadyn is described as a Caucasian male, slender build, five feet eight inches tall, about 130 pounds, with brown hair and blue eyes. Authorities have not released what he was wearing, whether he had personal items like a phone or wallet, or whether he had access to transportation at the time he went missing. The official classification of the case is missing; no public information identifies a cause or circumstances that led to his disappearance.

Anyone who saw Jadyn on or after August 18, 2026, or who has information about his whereabouts is asked to contact the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.