Orange County deputies are asking for the public’s help as they search for Joseph Lee Cox.
According to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, co-workers reported Cox, 53, missing on November 16 after not seeing him since November 6. According to officials, he is a very reliable employee of a local home service company who has no history of failing to report to work. His cell phone is either turned off or without power.
Joseph Lee Cox (photo via Orange County Sheriff’s Office)
Cox is 5”6’ and weighs 180 pounds. He has dark brown hair and brown eyes and often sleeps in an older model dark blue van in large business parking lots in Hillsborough. According to a press release from the sheriff’s office, he has friends in the Mt. Sinai Road area of Orange County.
Cox is also described as “possibly endangered,” per the release.
Anyone with information is asked to call Sergeant Dawn Hunter at (919) 245-2900.
No further information at this time.
Lead photo via the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.
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