Family, police continue search for Joel Moore, 27

</element><element id="paragraph-1" type="body"><![CDATA[The family of Joel Moore, 27, Pittsburg has been looking for him since March 28, the day he left indicating he was going to visit some old friends.

His brother, Nathan Moore, said Joel worked at Harrisburg Mad Pricer until it closed and has been living for about two months with Nathan in Pittsburg on unemployment compensation.

Nathan said Joel's last contact with him was a text message March 27 that went through Harrisburg's cellular phone tower saying he was off to visit friends. He said a former co-worker of Joel's told the family she had seen him driving from Harrisburg toward Southeastern Illinois College.

No friends of Joel's have reported having seen him, Nathan said.

Nathan was hanging flyers with Joel's image in Shawneetown Tuesday.

Harrisburg Police and Saline County Sheriff's Office are assisting the Williamson County Sheriff's Office in the search for Joel.

Joel left in a 1991 Cadillac Deville with the license plate A369209.

Anyone with information may call Nathan Moore at (618) 694-7339 or Joel Moore's mother at (618) 499-4674. The family has built a Web site at www.helpfindjoel.com

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<li>DeNeal receives e-mail at bdeneal@yourclearwave.com.</li>

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