***UPDATE as of 3:15 p.m. on May 1, 2023***

Murray Newsome has been located.

The Purple Alert has been cancelled.

***END OF UPDATE***

***Original News Release***

Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office
-Patrol Operations Bureau

Murray Lee Newsome
DOB: 01/04/1960
Address: 1403 4^th Street SW, Largo

PINELLAS COUNTY – Deputies have issued a Purple Alert for 63-year-old Murray Newsome.

According to deputies, Newsome was last seen at 1403 4^th Street SW, in unincorporated Largo, at approximately 11:30 a.m. on May 1, 2023.

Newsome is described as a black male, 5’04” tall, and 190 pounds. He was last seen wearing a light-yellow t-shirt shirt, black pants, and black Crocs. Newsome left his residence on foot and does not have a cellphone or vehicle.

Newsome has been entered into FCIC/NCIC as a Missing/Endangered Adult. If you have any information on Newsome’s whereabouts, you are asked to contact Law Enforcement immediately.

For more information on the Florida Purple Alert Plan, please visit: https://www.fdle.state.fl.us/PurpleAlerts/Purple-Alert-Plan.aspx

Below is a recent photo of Newsome