Update: The Purple Alert was cancelled by FDLE on Friday, Oct. 16. No other information was provided.
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A Florida Purple Alert has been issued for a 45-year-old Tallahassee man who was last seen earlier this week in Leon County, and authorities are asking for the public’s help in locating him.
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement said Travis Chester was last seen Oct. 12 in the area of the 1000 block of Nature Trail Way in Tallahassee.
According to the alert issues Thursday, Chester is 6-foot-3 and weighs about 215 pounds. He is bald, has brown eyes and may have long dreadlocks on the sides of his head.
A Florida Purple Alert has been issued for a 45-year-old Tallahassee man who was last seen earlier this week in Leon County, and authorities are asking for the public’s help in locating him.
Authorities said Chester was last seen wearing a light-colored red or yellow dress shirt and old blue jeans.
Investigators believe he may be traveling in a black 2024 Dodge Ram 1500 bearing Florida tag number 80VCCK.
Purple Alerts are issued in Florida to help locate missing adults with mental or cognitive disabilities whose disappearance poses a credible threat to their safety.
Anyone with information about Chester’s whereabouts is urged to contact the Leon County Sheriff’s Office at 850-606-3300 or call 911. Information also may be provided through FDLE’s Missing Endangered Persons Information Clearinghouse at 1-888-356-4774.
Authorities are asking anyone who sees Chester or the vehicle described in the alert not to approach him, but instead contact law enforcement immediately.
This article originally appeared on Tallahassee Democrat: Purple Alert canceled for missing Tallahassee man