WINTER HAVEN (FOX 13) - Winter Haven Police need help in locating a 16-year-old runaway who got into a white van driven by an older man who is not known by the girl's family.
Police say Destiny Nesia Simmons left her home on royal Hills Circle Friday around 3 p.m. They say she left in a white van driven by a black male between 50 and 60 years of age.
Her 17-year-old brother ran after and took a photo of the vehicle.
Simmons was last seen wearing burgundy pants, a white shirt with cheetah print and burgundy sleeves, and a white backpack with purple, turquoise, and green polka dots.
The subject driving the van was described as a black male, approximately 50 to 60 years of age, with black and gray hair, wearing a black du-rag and a red, white, and gray long sleeve shirt.
Witnesses in the neighborhood said the man possibly speaks with a Haitian accent.
The vehicle was described as a white van, unknown make, with a dent on the right passenger side.
Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Destiny Simmons or who sees her is asked to call 911 immediately.