Some very sad news out of SoFlo.

Longtime WPLG (Miami) Anchor and Reporter Todd Tongen for more than three decades, was found dead.

WPLG reports that Tongen's wife was out of town and unable to reach him, so she asked a friend to check on him. Police were called and found him.

Tongen joined the Miami station in December 1989. He held a variety of roles through the years at WPLG most recently sharing the weekend morning anchor desk opposite Neki Mohan.

He was just 56 years old.

A cause of death is not immediately known.