Ellic Meredith, a 16-year-old male from Mecklenburg County, Virginia, was reported missing after he was last seen on February 12, 2026. Public missing-child records identify him as Ellic Darphone Meredith and describe him as a Black male with black hair and brown eyes. At the time of the disappearance, he was listed as approximately 6 feet 1 inch tall and weighing about 161 pounds.
The available public information does not provide a precise location within Mecklenburg County where he was last seen, and the circumstances surrounding the moment he went missing have not been described in detail in the sources reviewed.
As information about the case was circulated, authorities and missing-child organizations appealed to the public for assistance in determining Ellic's whereabouts. The public alert specifically stated that Ellic may have been traveling toward Atlanta, Georgia, giving investigators and the public an important possible direction in which to consider his movements. The alert classified the circumstances as an endangered runaway, although the publicly available material does not explain what information led authorities to that classification or provide additional details about why officials believed he might have been headed toward Atlanta. Because those details have not been made public in the sources located, the precise sequence of events between his last confirmed sighting and the subsequent missing-person report remains unclear.
The search effort included an appeal through the Virginia Missing Children's Clearinghouse and the Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Office. Public notices asked anyone with information concerning Ellic's whereabouts or circumstances to contact investigators, emphasizing that even seemingly minor information could potentially assist the search. The Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Office was identified as the investigating agency in the missing-child alert, with the published notice providing its telephone number for tips. The Virginia Missing Children's Clearinghouse was likewise listed as a point of contact. These appeals reflect the continuing effort to establish where Ellic may have gone after disappearing from Mecklenburg County and to obtain reliable information from anyone who may have encountered him or knows something about his movements.
Additional publicly available information provides limited background on Ellic. A Lunenburg Central High School athletic record lists an Ellic Meredith as a student athlete who played on the school's junior-varsity basketball team, while a separate roster identifies him as a forward. The available school record is consistent with the name and Virginia location associated with the missing-person alert, although it does not itself provide information about his disappearance. No reliable online source located in the search provided a detailed account of a subsequent sighting, a confirmed destination, the exact circumstances of his disappearance, or a definitive resolution to the case. As a result, the publicly documented story remains one of a 16-year-old Virginia boy whose whereabouts became unknown after February 12, 2026, with authorities seeking information and an alert indicating that he might have been traveling toward Atlanta, Georgia. The case remains defined by the unanswered question of where Ellic Meredith went after he was last seen in Mecklenburg County and the continuing importance of credible information that could clarify his whereabouts and bring the uncertainty surrounding his disappearance to an end.Last Seen: Feb 12, 2026
