THURSDAY, 9:57am: Alexander’s father has been found alive and well, as Jay Morrison of The Athletic tweets. Mackensie and other family members are on their way to see him today.
Meanwhile, Alexander has been charged with a misdemeanor stemming from his run-in with a person who saw him just prior to his disappearance.
TUESDAY, 5:41pm: First-year Bengals cornerback Mackensie Alexander left the team’s training camp Tuesday. Alexander departed to search for his father, who has been reported missing, Tom Pelissero of NFL.com reports (on Twitter).
Alexander’s father, Jean Odney Alexandre, disappeared Monday on a berry-picking trip, according to the Okeechobee County (Fla.) Sheriff’s Office. Alexandre, 65, was with one other man on this trip in northwest Okeechobee County, according to authorities. The other man, however, left Alexandre behind before the latter was reported missing Monday night.
Alexander signed with the Bengals this offseason, coming to Cincinnati after four seasons in Minnesota. The former Vikings second-round pick agreed to a one-year, $4MM deal to join the Bengals.
This marks the second time in three weeks a Bengals player has left camp because of a family emergency. Wide receiver John Ross departed two weeks ago to care for his coronavirus-stricken son. Ross has since returned to the team.
hope he finds him
They are searching “the other man’s” garbage and checking his yard, right?
Hopefully the Bengals can at least get some good jelly once they find him
Brilliant
A lot of ponds and lakes with gators.
Let’s hope this turns out ok. Just sounds suspicious that the other guy “left” his father behind. Hoping for a safe reunion.
And on a berry picking trip.
jb19, I know it seems silly, but there’s actually so much money in the Palmetto industry that Florida had to pass specific laws for harvesting, transporting, or selling them. This ain’t your average berry picking. What they were doing was probably illegal where they were doing it, which is why the details always seemed so sketchy to me.
In case anyone didn’t see, the father has been found safe 3 days later.
Hope I’m wrong but it sounds like kidnapping and a soon-to-be ransom note.
Exactly. That’s what’s weird. How do you leave him behind?
Oh, c’mon…every knows the #1 rule of group berry picking is no man left behind!
*everyone knows…
Alexander should hire Ace Ventura for this job. Finding a missing berry picker in Florida shouldn’t be as difficult as locating a missing dolphin.
Ha!
Glad he was found alive and well.
This ended well, glad to see it.