VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – After a missing child alert was issued for a 1-year-old girl out of DeLand, the Volusia Sheriff’s Office has now announced that she’s been found.
The alert was first put out late last year, when the VSO said the baby — Itzayana Gonzalez — had last been spotted near the 390 block of Circle Drive.
At the time, deputies explained that her parents — identified as Doranalleli Gonzalez, 24; and Jose Campo, 27 — may have been avoiding a court order from DCF, which was trying to take custody of the baby girl.
But on Friday evening, detectives revealed they’d learned that Doranalleli Gonzalez may have been trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico border.
As a result, the VSO contacted the U.S. Marshals, which managed to make contact with both Doranalleli Gonzalez and her 1-year-old daughter at the border, a release from the VSO shows.
“Gonzalez was arrested on her warrant, and Itzayana was taken into the custody of Child Protective Services,” the release reads. “This case stems from allegations of potential child abuse.”
That said, Jose Campo has still not been taken into custody, and his exact whereabouts are unknown, deputies added.
No additional information has been provided at this time.
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