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Missing child located

For Immediate Release : Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office
Release Number: 20-232

Date

Friday August 7, 2020 10:48 PM

Location

N 15th Street & E 127th Avenue Tampa, Florida
Missing child located

UPDATE:

Pacheco has been located. Thank you for your help in disseminating this information.

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ORIGINAL RELEASE:

The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office is searching for a child who left his home in a car late last night. 
 
On August 7, 2020, Josue Pacheco, 10, left his residence near the intersection of N 15th Street and E 127th Avenue in Tampa at 10:48 p.m. He was driving a black Chrysler 300. The vehicle was found unoccupied a short time later near the boy's home. Pacheco was last seen wearing a black jacket. 
 
"Our detectives are asking for the public's assistance to help locate this child," said Sheriff Chad Chronister. "Our top priority is to make sure he gets home safely to his family." 
 
If you have any information on Josue Pacheco's current whereabouts, you're asked to call the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office at (813) 247-8200.