SATSUMA, Florida. – Putnam County deputies are searching for the girlfriend of a man who was found buried on a rural property in Florida earlier this month after going missing in September.

Caylen Deller, 30, of San Mateo, is wanted for the first-degree premeditated murder of Chad Mullen.

Mullen was reported missing by his family on September 15. However, the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office posted that he was likely last seen alive about a week earlier, on September 9, before traveling with Deller, his on-again, off-again girlfriend. , to the area of ​​465 San Mateo Road in Satsuma, the location of Deller’s business.

Chad Mullen was reported missing on September 15. Image courtesy of the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office.

Investigators say Mullen’s cell phone last rang in that area, but no one had heard from him.

The Putnam County Sheriff’s Office and Mullen’s family searched the area around his home and his last known location, but did not find him.

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Last week, agents investigating a tip began searching a property at 852 Federal Point Road in Hastings, which is about a quarter mile from the Putnam County line.

Officers investigating a tip began searching the Hastings property where Mullen’s body was found. Image courtesy of the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office.

Deputies said due to the amount of dirt that was recently moved on the property, detectives along with coroners from the St. Johns Sheriff’s Office, FDLE and the 23rd District Medical Examiner’s Office began searching, digging and sifted dirt from the area and gradually discovered a body.

Two days later, the medical examiner’s office confirmed the body was Mullen’s.

Putnam County deputies are searching for Caylen Deller, wanted for the first-degree premeditated murder of Chad Mullen. Image courtesy of the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office.

According to the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office, Deller was supposed to be at an appointment on Friday, but did not show up.

Authorities say he is known to travel around the state, sometimes works in Volusia and has family in Pensacola. He is believed to be traveling in a burgundy Chevrolet Impala.

Agents say Deller is known to travel around the state, sometimes works in Volusia and has family in Pensacola. Image courtesy of the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office.

Anyone who sees her or has information about her whereabouts is asked to call 911 immediately.

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