{"id":332489,"date":"2026-07-07T23:55:41","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T23:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/332489\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T23:55:41","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T23:55:41","slug":"missing-tampa-child-found-safely-reunited-with-family-tpd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/332489\/","title":{"rendered":"Missing Tampa child found safely, reunited with family: TPD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) \u2014 The Tampa Police Department has found a child who was reported missing on Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Police said Elijah Cogdell was safely located and reunited with family.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWe extend our sincere gratitude to everyone who shared the information, remained vigilant, and offered their support during the search. Your willingness to help demonstrates the strength of our community and the positive impact we can make when we work together,\u201d TPD said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Cogdell was last seen around 1:15 p.m. on Monday in the area of North 10th Street and East Seward Street.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Cogdell, who is 5 feet, 6 inches tall and weighs around 115 pounds, was wearing a blue shirt and black pants when he disappeared, according to authorities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Investigators said Cogdell\u2019s family is concerned about him, and detectives are seeking the public\u2019s help in locating him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Anyone who sees Cogdell is asked to call the Tampa Police Department at 813-231-6130 and refer to case number 26-398428.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfla.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WFLA.;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WFLA.&quot;}\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WFLA. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) \u2014 The Tampa Police Department has found a child who was reported missing on Monday.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":332490,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[1089,135,137,136,3793],"class_list":["post-332489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-family","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news","tag-tampa-police-department"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332489","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=332489"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332489\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/332490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=332489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=332489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=332489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}