Cops seek help locating three kids missing from Deltona area

Cops seek help locating three kids missing from Deltona area

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On January 27, the Volusia Sheriff’s Office, headquartered in DeLand, Florida, sent out a plea for help from its citizens to assist in the search for three local missing teens.  The three are all from the Deltona area and the three missing children cases are believed to be unrelated.  The Sheriff’s Office said that although all three have been missing for some time, each case remains active.

Our detectives want to hear from you if you have ANY information about any of these missing young people:

NAME: David Batista

AGE: 15

DESCRIPTION: 5’6” tall, 140 pounds, brown eyes, red hair

LAST SEEN: Reported missing July 25, 2020, after he left a Deltona group home where he lived.

POSSIBLE TIES: May have ties to Putnam County and Daytona Beach.


NAME: Diana Rodriguez

AGE: 16

DESCRIPTION: 4’10” tall, 105 pounds, brown eyes, brown hair.

LAST SEEN: She was reported missing Dec. 3, 2019, after running away from home in the 1100 block of East Normandy Blvd., Deltona.

POSSIBLE TIES: May have been spotted previously in Sanford.


NAME: Iyana Williams

AGE: 18

DESCRIPTION: 5’2” tall, 130 pounds, brown eyes, long black hair.

LAST SEEN: She was reported missing May 18, 2020, from First United Methodist Children’s Home, Enterprise, along with another girl who was later located in Orange County in June 2020 without Iyana.

POSSIBLE TIES: Daytona Beach and DeLand


Please take a good look at these teens’ photographs and keep an eye out for them. Anyone with information about Batista, Rodriguez or Williams is urged to contact the Volusia Sheriff’s Office District 4 office at (386) 860-7030.

Or if you prefer to remain anonymous, contact Crime Stoppers of Northeast Florida at 1-888-277-8477 or via online at NEFCrimestoppers.com . Thanks, everyone.

Florida Map showing DeLand – Image credit: Alliance Community Retirement Living

(Source: Volusia Sheriff’s Office)

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