UPDATE: The Volusia Sheriff's Office says Pena and Ochoa were found safe in Asheville, North Carolina. The pair has since been reunited with their familes.
Earlier reporting below.
DeLand, FL - The Volusia Sheriff's Office (VSO) needs the public's help in finding a missing and possibly endangered DeLand teen and her boyfriend who were last seen early Thursday (June 3).
Deputies say 16-year-old Karytza Pena of Cecil Avenue was last seen in the company of her boyfriend, 17-year-old Oscar Ochoa of Lake County, around 10 a.m. on Thursday. Pena is considered endangered after leaving a note indicating thoughts of harming herself. Her family discovered the note Thursday night and notified law enforcement to report her missing.
Investigators believe that the pair is traveling in a 2002-2008 red Mazda 6 sedan with Florida tag QME J16 and may be headed to Miami.
Pena is described as 5’4 inches tall weighing 140 pounds, with shoulder length dark hair. She was last seen wearing a black shirt and black pants. There are no descriptors of Ochoa. BOLO—Be On The Lookout—alerts have also been issued to the counties surrounding Volusia to watch for the teens.
Anyone with information is asked to call 911 immediately.
