The father of the Cincinnati Bengals’ Mackensie Alexander is missing in Florida, and the cornerback has left the team’s training camp because of his dad’s disappearance.
Authorities in Florida are searching for Jean Odney Alexandre after he went missing on Monday. Alexandre is the father of the Bengals’ cornerback (different spellings for their last names), according to NFL Network.
Alexandre went on an 85-mile trip with another man to pick palmetto berries in Okeechobee. The other person is reported to have left Alexandre, 65, behind.
Per the Lake Okeechobee News:
OKEECHOBEE — The Okeechobee County Sheriff’s Office (OCSO) is searching for Jean Odney Alexandre of Immokalee. Alexandre, along with another man, came to Okeechobee County on Monday, Aug. 24, to pick palmetto berries somewhere on the Prairie in northwest Okeechobee County. The other man left Okeechobee County, leaving Mr. Alexandre behind. It is unknown the exact location on the Prairie.
Mr. Alexandre is 65, 5 feet 7 inches tall, 155 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. He was reported to be wearing a white shirt, black jeans with a stripe on the sides and blue Nike tennis shoes with a white line on the sole.
Alexander, 26, joined the Bengals as a free agent during the offseason after spending his first four professional seasons with the Minnesota Vikings.
