PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — A missing 73-year-old St. Lucie County man was found safe on Interstate 95 in Martin County, authorities said Wednesday.
Port St. Lucie police issued a Purple Alert on Tuesday night for Ronald Corbin, 73, the choral director at Martin County High School for 34 years until his retirement in 2014.
Corbin was last seen at 12 p.m. at his house in the 500 block of Northwest Bayshore Boulevard. He left in his 2017 gray Honda CRV and did not return home.
Port St. Lucie police said Wednesday that Corbin was found safe on I-95 in Martin County and was taken to a local hospital in stable condition.
UPDATE as of 5:15am- Ronald was found safe on I95 by the @MartinFLSheriff. He was transported to the hospital in stable condition. Thank you to our community for sharing this post and your assistance in helping to search for Ronald. https://t.co/X9JZb6P3eI
— Port St. Lucie PD (@PSLPolice) March 1, 2023
A Florida Purple Alert is used to assist in the location of missing adults suffering from mental, cognitive, intellectual, or developmental disabilities.
Corbin is a diabetic and had a kidney transplant.
His daughter, Candice Corbin, who lives in New York, told WPTV that he was last seen by a physical therapist.
"I spoke to him at 12:15 p.m. and he sounded fine," she said.
Corbin was supposed to go to another doctor’s appointment later in the afternoon, but he didn't show up. His phone was shut off since 1:30 p.m., she said.
"This is out of character and has medical issues," said his daughter, who donated one of her kidneys to him in 2018.
Candice studied music under her father and also sang in OPUS, which is an acronym for Outstanding People United to Sing.
Knowing many of Corbin's former students would want to help, Leah Ritland set up an online GoFundMe drive to help defray expenses of her former teacher.
"Mr. Corbin was not simply a great teacher, he was a force in people’s lives," she said in a TCPalm article.