VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – A 14-year-old Daytona Beach girl was located and is safe Tuesday after her disappearance prompted an Amber Alert Monday night, according to an update from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
The FDLE announced they have canceled the Amber Alert for Barbora Zdanska in an email sent at 12:20 p.m. on Tuesday. Daytona Beach police later stated Zdanska was found in Marion County.
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Officers added that no crime had ultimately occurred and the accusation of a kidnapping was not factual.
Earlier in the day, the FDLE said investigators had located the van that Zdanska was seen getting into on Monday.
The teen was believed to be traveling in a 2014 blue Dodge Caravan belonging to her boyfriend or a family member of a boyfriend. The van was located early Tuesday in Clay County, police said. According to authorities, the owner of the van said she drove to Daytona Beach to pick up Zdanska and dropped her off at a house in Jacksonville.
THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT/ MISSING ENDANGERED PERSONS INFORMATION CLEARINGHOUSE HAS CANCELLED THE AMBER ALERT THAT WAS ISSUED ON 07/31/2023 FOR BARBORA ZDANSKA. THE CHILD IS SAFE. pic.twitter.com/vOeqeVzVxj
— FDLE (@fdlepio) August 1, 2023
Before disappearing, Zdanska was last seen Monday in the 100 block of Boynton Boulevard in Daytona Beach.
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According to Daytona Beach police, Zdanska was observed voluntarily getting into a vehicle early Monday. Police said she may be in the company of a 14-year-old boy named Carlos.
Officers said Zdanska was later able to get a message to a family member, indicating that she had been kidnapped, but later determined that was not true.
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