{"id":101221,"date":"2025-12-31T14:32:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T14:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/101221\/"},"modified":"2025-12-31T14:32:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T14:32:12","slug":"canceled-purple-alert-75-year-old-man-missing-from-tallahassee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/101221\/","title":{"rendered":"CANCELED &#8211; Purple Alert: 75-Year-Old Man Missing From Tallahassee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UPDATE: The Florida Department of Law Enforcement has canceled this Purple Alert. You can view the FDLE cancellation notice <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fdle.state.fl.us\/MCICSearch\/FlyerAlertCancelDefault.asp?Case_Id=496968\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A Florida Purple Alert has been issued for Joseph Cheatham from Tallahassee, Leon County, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>A Florida Purple Alert has been issued for Joseph Cheatham, last seen in the area of the 7100 block of Atascadero Lane in Tallahassee, Florida who was last seen wearing a light blue long sleaved button up shirt and khaki pants. Joseph has a goatee. He may be traveling in a 2018, gray Honda Accord, FL tag number IRXT38.<\/p>\n<p>Age: 75 years<br \/>\nSex: Male<br \/>\nRace: White<br \/>\nHair: Bald<br \/>\nEyes: Brown<br \/>\nHeight: 5\u201904\u201d<br \/>\nWeight: 140<br \/>\nLast known area: Tallahassee, Leon County<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information is asked to contact the Leon County Sheriff\u2019s Office at 850-606-3300 or call 911.<\/p>\n<p>When a Purple Alert is issued, it usually means an adult with a disability is missing in a situation that worries caregivers or investigators. The hope is that someone recognizes them and calls it in before harm occurs.<\/p>\n<p>Details in this story are drawn from an FDLE alert flyer for this case. You can view the official FDLE flyer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fdle.state.fl.us\/MCICSearch\/Flyer.asp?ID=496968\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UPDATE: The Florida Department of Law Enforcement has canceled this Purple Alert. You can view the FDLE cancellation&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":101222,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[232,234,233],"class_list":["post-101221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee-headlines","tag-tallahassee-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101221"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101221\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}