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Missing Child Alert cancelled: 17-year-old boy missing from Tampa found safe: FDLE

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TAMPA, Fla. — The Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) said 17-year-old Alvarez Taylor, who went missing from Tampa, has been found safe.

FDLE issued a Missing Child Alert on Feb. 24 for the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office's ongoing search for the missing teen.

FDLE cancelled the alert on Feb. 25 and said he had been found safe.

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