Update: Askins was found and is safe.
Pasco Sheriff’s deputies are currently searching for Malachi Askins, a missing/runaway 17-year-old. Askins is 5’8”, around 170 lbs., with black hair and brown eyes. Askins was last seen on March 29 around 2:30 p.m. in the Tour Terrace area of Land O’ Lakes. It’s not known what Askins was last seen wearing. If you have any information on Askins’ whereabouts, please call the Pasco Sheriff’s Non-Emergency Line at 727-847-8102, option 7, or report tips online at PascoSheriff.com/tips.