Ocoee police searching for missing teen

Eric Ron Lamonte King Jr. was last seen Thursday morning near Ocoee Middle School.

By Amy Quesinberry Price
| 12:40 p.m. March 13, 2025

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The Ocoee Police Department is looking for a missing teenager last seen by his mother around 8 a.m. Thursday, March 13, near Ocoee Middle School.

Eric Ron Lamonte King Jr. is a 14-year-old Hispanic male with black hair and brown eyes. He is 5-feet, 4 inches tall and weighs 112.

He was wearing a red hoodie with a ticking bomb picture, black sweatpants and white Jordan sneakers. He has a cut above his right eye. He is believed to have left the area of the school on foot.

Anyone with information on Eric’s whereabouts is asked to call Ocoee PD detective Justin Hutchinson at (407) 905-3160.

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Amy Quesinberry Price

Community Editor Amy Quesinberry Price was born at the old West Orange Memorial Hospital and raised in Winter Garden. Aside from earning her journalism degree from the University of Georgia, she hasn’t strayed too far from her hometown and her three-mile bubble. She grew up reading The Winter Garden Times and knew in the eighth grade she wanted to write for her community newspaper. She has been part of the writing and editing team since 1990.