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Missing Child Alert cancelled for teen last seen in Tampa area

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Posted 7:33 PM, Dec 06, 2024
and last updated 11:45 PM, Dec 09, 2024

TAMPA, Fla — UPDATE: Matthew Friday has been found and is safe according to FDLE.

Original story:

A Missing Child Alert was issued for a teen last seen in the Tampa area.

According to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE), Matthew Friday, 15, was last seen in the area of the 6400 block of Orient Road in Tampa on Thursday (Dec. 5).

Friday is described as 5 feet 7 inches tall, 160 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing a black jacket and blue jeans.

FDLE said that Friday was last seen on camera around 11 a.m. Thursday near the 300 block of Live Oak Avenue in Temple Terrace.

Anyone with information is urged to contact the Temple Terrace Police Department at 813-989-7110 or 911.

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