{"id":169510,"date":"2026-02-26T02:17:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T02:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/169510\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T02:17:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T02:17:07","slug":"search-underway-for-missing-jacksonville-man-after-car-found-in-melrose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/169510\/","title":{"rendered":"Search underway for missing Jacksonville man after car found in Melrose"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Putnam County Sheriff&#8217;s Office says Jacksonville man Andrew Giddens, 36, was reported earlier this month and that loved ones are concerned for his wellbeing.<\/p>\n<p>MELROSE, Fla. \u2014 Police are asking for the public&#8217;s help in locating a man reported missing out of Jacksonville.<\/p>\n<p>A car found on the side of the road near Paran Church Road and State Road 100 in Melrose, Florida on Monday was determined to belong to 36-year-old Andrew Giddens, according to the Putnam County Sheriff&#8217;s Office.<\/p>\n<p>Giddens was reported missing earlier this month and reportedly last talked to his father on Valentine&#8217;s Day. Deputies were told he has been upset about a recent breakup and are concerned for his safety.<\/p>\n<p>Giddens is listed as being about 6&#8217;0&#8243;, 200 lbs. and having a large dragon tattoo on his back leading to his left shoulder. He also has a scar on both his left cheek and right knee.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information on Giddens&#8217; whereabouts is asked to contact the sheriff&#8217;s office at 386-329-0800.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Putnam County Sheriff&#8217;s Office says Jacksonville man Andrew Giddens, 36, was reported earlier this month and that&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":169511,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-169510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169510","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=169510"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169510\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/169511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}