Zachary Bernhardt remains Florida's longest-running Amber Alert and is still active. According to the Amber Alert, the 8-year-old disappeared from an apartment complex under suspicious circumstances in Clearwater on September 11, 2000. He was discovered missing from an apartment around 4:00 a.m. on Drew Street in the middle of the night. His mother went for a walk, and upon returning, Bernhardt was missing from his bed.

At the time of his disappearance, Bernhardt was 8 years old, 4 feet, 6 inches tall and weighed 60 pounds. He had straight blonde hair and blue eyes.