A 12-year-old Daytona Beach girl who vanished near an apartment complex off Raceway Pointe Drive has been found safe, according to police. Ja'liyah Jones had been the subject of an urgent public search appeal after she was reported missing in Daytona Beach on Thursday, September 17, 2026.
Daytona Beach police identified the missing child as Ja'liyah Jones in a post made Thursday, September 17, 2026, according to bradenton.com. Officers had asked the public for help locating the girl before later updating that same post to say she had been located safe, per the same account.
Where She Was Last Seen
Jones was last seen near the Coastline Cove Apartments in the 100 block of Raceway Pointe Drive, according to news-journalonline.com. She was described as wearing a black jacket with a red heart on it and a white shirt, the outlet reported, details police shared publicly as part of the search effort.
News of the girl's disappearance also spread through Spanish-language coverage, with telemundo31.com reporting that the 12-year-old had been reported missing in Daytona Beach.
Confirmation She Was Found Safe
By Friday, the case had a resolution local families had been hoping for. According to the Miami Herald, police confirmed the missing Daytona Beach girl had been found safe.
