{"id":54690,"date":"2025-03-24T15:46:44","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T19:46:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=54690"},"modified":"2025-03-24T15:47:03","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T19:47:03","slug":"update-missing-person-howard-keen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2025\/03\/24\/update-missing-person-howard-keen\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE MISSING PERSON – HOWARD KEEN"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On Thursday, March 20, 2025, a deceased male was located in a rural area of unincorporated Polk County, just east of where Mr. Keen’s vehicle was found in the 2800 block of County Line Road in Plant City. The male was in a state of decomposition; however, no trauma or injuries were observed. On March 24, 2025, the decedent was positively identified as Howard Keen. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office will be overseeing the death investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n

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On March 7, 2025, the Lakeland Police Department received a missing person’s report for\u00a0Howard Keen, age 58. Mr. Keen left a family member’s residence in Lakeland the morning of February 24, 2025, and was last seen on February 25, 2025, at a residence in the 2800 block of County Line Road in Plant City where he left his vehicle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Keen is around 5\u20199\u201d tall and weighs 150 lbs. He was last seen wearing a blue polo shirt and black shorts. In addition to the Plant City area, he is known to frequent the Saddle Creek Campground on Morgan Combee Road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you have any information which can help locate Howard Keen, please contact the Lakeland Police Department at 863-834-6966, Detective Sharrett at 863.834-6964 \/ david.sharrett@lakelandgov.net<\/a> or Investigative Aide Williams at 863.834.8974 \/charlene.williams@lakelandgov.net<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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