Hollywood police are asking the public for help finding a 15-year-old girl who disappeared from a residential block early Monday morning. Savannah Delgado was last seen around 1 a.m. along the 2600 block of Polk Street before she left on foot in an unknown direction, according to investigators.
Hollywood Police seek public help in searching for Delgado, according to WSVN. She is described as 4 feet 7 inches tall with a slim build, brown eyes, and brown hair styled in a dixie cut. When she was last seen, she was wearing a black t-shirt with a cow graphic, gray basketball shorts, and black Crocs.
The 2600 block of Polk Street sits in a central residential area about one block north of Hollywood Boulevard and roughly two miles west of Young Circle and Downtown Hollywood, according to the City of Hollywood. The stretch is lined with residential housing and multi-family units near major thoroughfares, putting Delgado's last known location within walking distance of busy roads in every direction.
How Police Handle a Missing Teen Report
Under Florida Statute § 937.021, law enforcement agencies cannot impose any waiting period before accepting a missing child report and must enter the case into state and national databases within two hours, per the Florida Senate. That means Hollywood investigators were required to move immediately once Delgado's disappearance was reported, without regard to her age.
Not every missing-child case results in a statewide public alert, however. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement issues a Missing Child Alert only when an active investigation shows a child is in life-threatening danger without clear proof of abduction, while an AMBER Alert requires evidence of a kidnapping, the agency notes. Local police departments have to request those state alert activations directly through the FDLE's clearinghouse.
The numbers show why most cases like Delgado's rely on local broadcasts and tip lines rather than statewide alerts. Florida agencies entered 25,361 missing child reports into the Florida Crime Information Center in 2024, but that volume produced just 84 state Missing Child Alerts and nine AMBER Alerts statewide, according to the FDLE. Nationally, endangered runaways account for roughly 91% of missing children cases handled by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, and Florida consistently ranks among the top three states for total missing child cases alongside California and Texas, per the Missing Children Global Network.
Where to Send Tips
Officials are urging anyone with information to contact the Hollywood Police Department or Broward County Crime Stoppers. Hollywood police can be reached at 954-764-4357, a non-emergency line the department keeps staffed around the clock for tips and sightings that do not require an active 911 response.
Broward County Crime Stoppers also takes anonymous tips online, through its app, or by phone, and offers cash rewards of up to $5,000 for information that helps solve critical cases. The organization works directly with Broward law enforcement agencies, including Hollywood police, on cases like Delgado's.
Florida also runs a dedicated statewide resource for families and investigators working missing persons cases. The Missing Endangered Persons Information Clearinghouse, created within the FDLE in 1983 as the nation's first state clearinghouse of its kind, operates a 24-hour hotline and provides analytical support, flyer distribution, and multi-agency alert coordination.
A Corridor With a History of Community Response
Polk Street has been the site of local search efforts before. In September 2025, Hollywood police searched for a 5-year-old girl reported missing from the nearby 2900 block of Polk Street; she was located safely after public alerts went out, according to CBS News. That earlier case underscored how quickly community reporting and police outreach along the corridor can help bring a missing child home.
Hollywood police also run youth-focused community programs, including a Cops Mentoring Kids initiative recognized by the FBI that aims to support at-risk local youth and build trust between officers and residents. Investigators have not released additional details about the circumstances surrounding Delgado's disappearance, and it remains unclear what led her to leave the area on foot overnight.
