Plantation police: Man, 28, has been missing, endangered for over 2 weeks

Emmanuel Laporte. (Plantation Police Department)

PLANTATION, Fla. – Plantation police asked for the public’s help Wednesday in locating an endangered man who they say has been missing for over two weeks.

Emmanuel Fritz Laporte, 28, who also goes by “Manny” or “Mano,” was last seen around 1:30 p.m. on May 27 in the 1600 block of Southwest Fourth Avenue in Fort Lauderdale, according to his family.

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Investigators say Laporte has an altered mental status and is therefore considered endangered.

Laporte is 5 feet, 6 inches tall and weighs around 230 pounds. He has brown eyes, brown hair and was last seen wearing black pants, a gray shirt, black Nike slides and carrying a black backpack.

Anyone with information on his whereabouts is urged to call the Plantation Police Department at 954-797-2100.


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Ryan Mackey is a Digital Journalist at WPLG. He was born in Long Island, New York, and has lived in Sunrise, Florida since 1994.

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