{"id":418411,"date":"2026-10-04T11:12:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T11:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/418411\/"},"modified":"2026-10-04T11:12:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T11:12:09","slug":"purple-alert-issued-for-missing-tampa-woman-tpd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/418411\/","title":{"rendered":"Purple Alert issued for missing Tampa woman: TPD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TAMPA, Fla. \u2014 Tampa police have issued a Purple Alert for a missing woman whose family is concerned for her safety.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Tampa Police Department, Samantha Jackson, 40, was last seen Saturday evening in the area of 8400 Rio Bravo Court.<\/p>\n<p>Police said Jackson is 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighs approximately 230 pounds.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators believe she left the area driving a white Hyundai Sonata bearing Florida tag SKAJ31.<\/p>\n<p>According to police, Jackson made statements to family members and loved ones that raised concerns about her well-being.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone who sees Jackson or knows where she may be is asked to contact the Tampa Police Department immediately at 813-231-6130.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791112329_950_HALEY.ZARCONE.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Bradenton community responds after 20-year-old volleyball star dies from disease that affects 2 in a million<\/p>\n<p>The 20-year-old IMG Academy volleyball star and Under Armour All-American died Sept. 16 after a three-month battle with the rare blood disorder \u2014 even though doctors had found her a 100% bone marrow match, her mother, Tanya Mack tells Tampa Bay 28 reporter Haley Zarcone.<\/p>\n<p>20-year-old volleyball star dies from disease that affects 2 in a million<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TAMPA, Fla. \u2014 Tampa police have issued a Purple Alert for a missing woman whose family is concerned&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":418412,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[276,136450,39626,165500,165501,135,5910,108336,3670,137,136,3793,208],"class_list":["post-418411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-hillsborough-county","tag-missing-tampa-woman","tag-purple-alert","tag-rio-bravo-court-tampa","tag-samantha-jackson","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-bay-28","tag-tampa-bay-28-news","tag-tampa-bay-local-news","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news","tag-tampa-police-department","tag-wfts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418411","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=418411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418411\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/418412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=418411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=418411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=418411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}