A Purple Alert issued for a Florida man missing from his Tallahassee home was canceled Tuesday morning.
Joseph Cheatham was last seen Nov. 30 in Tallahassee.
According to the Leon County Sheriff’s Office, he was found deceased in his vehicle Tuesday morning in the parking lot of Walmart and Bass Pro Shops on Lagniappe Way in Tallahassee.
A Florida Purple Alert was issued for Joseph Cheatham, 75, of Tallahassee.
Cheatham was last seen Nov. 30 in the 7100 block of Atascadero Lane in Tallahassee. He was wearing a light blue long-sleeved button-up shirt and khaki pants. Cheatham has a goatee.
The Purple Alert was canceled about 9 a.m. Tuesday after Cheatham was found deceased in his vehicle in the parking lot of Walmart and Bass Pro Shops on Lagniappe Way in Tallahassee, according to the Leon County Sheriff’s Office.
A Leon County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson said no foul play is suspected, and a final cause of death will be determined after an autopsy.
A Florida Purple Alert is used to assist in the location of missing adults suffering from:
The alert notifies the public using email or text alerts throughout the state, with a focus on the area where the person was last seen.
Florida’s Purple Alert Plan was added to FDLE’s emergency alert system in 2022.
There were eight active Purple Alerts in Florida early Dec. 2, ranging from the one issued for Cheatham on Nov. 30 to one issued for Herbert Lee McKinnon on June 9, 2022.
For more details on each of the active Purple Alerts.
A local law enforcement agency determines the status of the alert, but generally, an alert stays active until the missing person is recovered, according to FDLE.
If a Purple Alert is activated and the person is missing in an identified vehicle, Department of Transportation road signs will be activated and remain active for up to six hours.
Sign up to receive Florida Purple Alerts directly to your email. You can be notified as soon as an alert is issued to help with the safe recovery of a missing adult.
Florida’s Purple Alert Plan was established by the Florida Legislature and signed into law by Gov. Ron DeSantis on July 1, 2021, with an effective date of July 1, 2022.
The Florida Silver Alert is used to locate missing persons 60 or older suffering from an irreversible deterioration of intellectual faculties, such as Alzheimer’s disease or dementia. The Florida Silver Alert Plan outlines two levels of Silver Alert activation: local and state. 
The Florida Purple Alert is used to locate missing people who have an intellectual or developmental disability that is not Alzheimer’s disease or a dementia-related disorder.
If you have a loved one missing you should contact your local law-enforcement agency immediately. The law-enforcement agency will take a report and determine if a Purple Alert is appropriate, according to FDLE.
If the agency determines the case meets the criteria for a Purple Alert, it will contact the FDLE Missing Endangered Persons Information Clearinghouse. Only law enforcement can request a Purple Alert.
You can sign up to receive Purple Alerts by subscribing for email or text alerts.
Contact the local law-enforcement agency of jurisdiction where the missing person was last seen.
This story was updated to include new information.

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