{"id":254654,"date":"2026-05-01T23:14:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T23:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/254654\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T23:14:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T23:14:07","slug":"human-remains-found-in-leon-county-believed-to-be-man-missing-since-august-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/254654\/","title":{"rendered":"Human remains found in Leon County believed to be man missing since August 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) &#8211; Human remains were discovered in Leon County, according to the Leon County Sheriff\u2019s Office. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Detectives responded to the 2000 block of Silver Lake Road last Friday and found additional remains and evidence, including a wallet. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">According to LCSO, detectives believe the remains belong to a man who was reported missing in Leon County in August 2025. Next of kin has been notified, however, LCSO has not publicly identified the man.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">There is no evidence of foul play at this time, LCSO said in a press release.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The investigation is ongoing as biological testing is conducted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">To keep up with the latest news as it develops, follow WCTV on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WCTV.tv\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/wctvnews\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@WCTVEyewitnessNews\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/nextdoor.com\/page\/wctv\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/nextdoor.com\/page\/wctv\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nextdoor<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/nextdoor.com\/page\/wctv\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/nextdoor.com\/page\/wctv\/\" target=\"_blank\"> <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WCTV\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">X<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WCTV\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Have a news tip or see an error? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wctv.tv\/2026\/05\/01\/lcso-human-remains-found-leon-county-believed-be-man-missing-since-august-2025\/mailto:news@wctv.tv?subject=Correction%20Needed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Write to us here<\/a>. 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(WCTV) &#8211; Human remains were discovered in Leon County, according to the Leon County Sheriff\u2019s Office.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":76828,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[110859,6893,5156,1289,5699,23782,232,234,233],"class_list":["post-254654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tallahassee","tag-body-discovered","tag-human-remains","tag-lcso","tag-leon-county","tag-leon-county-sheriffs-office","tag-missing-man","tag-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee-headlines","tag-tallahassee-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254654","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=254654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254654\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=254654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=254654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=254654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}