{"id":179793,"date":"2026-03-05T21:09:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T21:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/179793\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T21:09:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T21:09:07","slug":"search-underway-for-missing-65-year-old-man-from-oakland-park-wsvn-7news-miami-news-weather-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/179793\/","title":{"rendered":"Search underway for missing 65-year-old man from Oakland Park &#8211; WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OAKLAND PARK, FLA. (WSVN) &#8211; Detectives with the Broward Sheriff\u2019s Office Missing Persons Unit are seeking the public\u2019s help in locating a 65-year-old man.<\/p>\n<p>Deputies say Michael Vassell was last seen on March 2, near the 4900 block of Northwest Ninth Avenue in Oakland Park. <\/p>\n<p>Vassell stands 5 feet, 6 inches tall and weighs about 190 pounds.<\/p>\n<p>Deputies say he has grayish black hair and brown eyes.<\/p>\n<p>According to his daughter, Vassell experiences mental illness.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information on his whereabouts should contact BSO Detective Leonard Charla 954-321-4274 or the BSO non-emergency number at 954-764-HELP (4357).<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2025 Sunbeam Television Corp. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p>\tJoin our Newsletter for the latest news right to your inbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OAKLAND PARK, FLA. (WSVN) &#8211; Detectives with the Broward Sheriff\u2019s Office Missing Persons Unit are seeking the public\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":179794,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":["post-179793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179793","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=179793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179793\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/179794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}