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Missing endangered 74-year-old man found safe, Pasco deputies say

Daniel Benitez was last seen around 1 p.m. Sunday in the Lajuana Boulevard area, the sheriff's office said in a news release.
Credit: Pasco County Sheriff's Office

WESLEY CHAPEL, Fla. — Update: Daniel Benitez has been found safe, the Pasco County Sheriff's Office confirmed Sunday night.

Original: Pasco County deputies are currently searching for a missing endangered 74-year-old man last seen in Wesley Chapel.

Daniel Benitez was last seen around 1 p.m. Sunday in the Lajuana Boulevard area, the Pasco County Sheriff's Office said in a news release.

Daniel was reportedly wearing a Tampa Bay Buccaneers t-shirt, blue jeans, red Puma sneakers and a white beret. He is 5'5'', around 160 pounds with brown eyes, gray hair, and white facial hair, according to deputies.

Anyone with information on Daniel's whereabouts can call the sheriff's office's non-emergency line at 727-847-8102, option 7, or report tips online.

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