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  "id": "2017-10-25-university-of-north-carolina-at-chapel-hill-person-of-interest-search",
  "slug": "university-of-north-carolina-at-chapel-hill-person-of-interest-search-2017-10-25",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill",
    "shortName": "UNC-Chapel Hill",
    "state": "NC",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "Alert Carolina",
    "enrollment": 32000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2017-10-25",
    "type": "other",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "ongoing",
    "headline": "Police search for individual; later located",
    "headlinePublic": "Police search for individual; later located",
    "summary": "Alert Carolina [published notices seeking help locating an individual, later located](https://alertcarolina.unc.edu/notifications/2017/10/25/police-seek-help-in-search-for-individual/).",
    "outcome": "See Alert Carolina.",
    "casualties": {
      "killed": 0,
      "injured": 0
    }
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "2017-10-25 16:00 (Alert Carolina)",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "UPDATE: Individual Sought by Police NOW Located\n\nUNC Police are currently searching for a individual in the vicinity of Brauer Hall off western Manning Drive.  The individual, who is not thought to be armed or considered an immediate safety threat, walked off from the Butner Mental Health Hospital officials who were escorting him to a medical appointment shortly before 3 p.m. Wednesday, October 25.\n\nThe individual is a 26-year old white male, 5-7 in height, with a thin build and short-cropped brown hair.  He was wearing a grey, long-sleeve sweatshirt, white sneakers, and baggy jeans.\n\nPlease refer to alertcarolina.unc.edu for updates.  Anyone seeing this person or with information on his whereabouts should contact UNC Police by calling 9-1-1.  For a list of safety tips, see the following link:\n\nhttp://police.unc.edu/carolinasafe/tips/\n\n###",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://alertcarolina.unc.edu/notifications/2017/10/25/police-seek-help-in-search-for-individual/",
      "sourceDescription": "Alert Carolina official archive",
      "annotations": [
        "Complete text from alertcarolina.unc.edu"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "update",
      "timestampApprox": "2017-10-25 16:48 (Alert Carolina)",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "UPDATE: UNC Police thanks the University community for their cooperation.  The individual has been located.\n\nRelated: Police Seek Help in Search for Individual",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://alertcarolina.unc.edu/notifications/2017/10/25/update-individual-sought-by-police-now-located/",
      "sourceDescription": "Alert Carolina official archive",
      "annotations": [
        "Complete text from alertcarolina.unc.edu"
      ],
      "characterCount": 159
    }
  ],
  "context": "Official full text from [Alert Carolina](https://alertcarolina.unc.edu/notifications/2017/10/25/police-seek-help-in-search-for-individual/).",
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    },
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      "title": "Alert Carolina official archive",
      "url": "https://alertcarolina.unc.edu/notifications/2017/10/25/update-individual-sought-by-police-now-located/",
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    },
    {
      "title": "Alert Carolina home",
      "url": "https://alertcarolina.unc.edu/",
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    },
    {
      "title": "@AlertCarolina on X",
      "url": "https://x.com/AlertCarolina",
      "type": "social-media"
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  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "unc-chapel-hill",
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  "dateAdded": "2026-07-21",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-21",
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