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UPDATE: Purple Alert canceled for missing Leon County woman; woman located

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Update 6:46 p.m.: The Purple Alert has been canceled due to Dowell being located, according to LCSO.

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement issued a Purple Alert on Thursday for a missing woman of Leon County.

According to the alert, 51-year-old Shannon Dowell has been missing since Thursday, Dec. 29.

She was last seen in the area of the 650 block of Vaughns Lane in Tallahassee, wearing a white sweater and blue jeans.

Dowell is listed as a White female at 6 foot, 180 pounds with brown eyes and brown hair.

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According to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, 51-year-old Shannon Dowell has been missing since Dec. 29. She was last seen in the area of the 650 block of Vaughns Lane in Tallahassee.

If you have any information on the whereabouts of Dowell, contact the Leon County Sheriff's Office at 850-606-5800.

According to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement website, the Florida Purple Alert is used to assist in the location of missing adults suffering from a mental or cognitive disability that is not Alzheimer’s disease or a dementia-related disorder; an intellectual disability or a developmental disability; a brain injury; other physical, mental or emotional disabilities that are not related to substance abuse; or a combination of any of these and whose disappearance poses a credible threat of immediate danger or seriously bodily harm.