{"id":62250,"date":"2026-05-05T16:37:26","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T20:37:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/13-year-old-mark-carosella-missing-from-claymont-gold-alert-active\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T16:37:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T20:37:26","slug":"13-year-old-mark-carosella-missing-from-claymont-gold-alert-active","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/13-year-old-mark-carosella-missing-from-claymont-gold-alert-active\/","title":{"rendered":"13-Year-Old Mark Carosella Missing from Claymont, Gold Alert Active"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1148\" height=\"1652\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/news-1778013445958.jpg?resize=1148%2C1652&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-62249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/news-1778013445958.jpg?w=1148&amp;ssl=1 1148w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/news-1778013445958.jpg?resize=208%2C300&amp;ssl=1 208w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/news-1778013445958.jpg?resize=712%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 712w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/news-1778013445958.jpg?resize=768%2C1105&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/news-1778013445958.jpg?resize=1067%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1067w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>Authorities in New Castle County have activated a Gold Alert as they search for a missing 13-year-old boy from the Claymont area.<\/p><p>Mark Carosella vanished Monday afternoon after failing to reach his planned destination, according to the New Castle County Division of Police. The teenager was last observed around 4:00 p.m. on Monday, May 4, 2026, near the unit block of Marion Avenue.<\/p><p>Police are asking anyone with information about Mark&#8217;s whereabouts to contact authorities immediately. The Gold Alert system is used to help locate missing children and vulnerable adults in Delaware.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Castle County police have activated a Gold Alert for 13-year-old Mark Carosella who disappeared Monday afternoon. The teenager failed to reach his intended destination and was last spotted around 4 p.m. on Marion Avenue in Claymont.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":62249,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[29,831],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-us-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/news-1778013445958.jpg?fit=1148%2C1652&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-gc2","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":59337,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/new-castle-county-police-search-for-missing-13-year-old-aiden-carter\/","url_meta":{"origin":62250,"position":0},"title":"New Castle County Police Search for Missing 13-Year-Old Aiden Carter","author":"Admin","date":"April 29, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Authorities in New Castle County have activated a Gold Alert for 13-year-old Aiden Carter, who disappeared Tuesday afternoon. 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