Lanyiah Latrice Robinson, 17, was last seen in Lakeland, Polk County, on July 18, 2026. She left a relative’s home about noon saying she was going to get her hair done and was seen getting into an unknown red vehicle. Lanyiah is described as Black/African American, five feet five inches tall, about 120 pounds, with brown eyes and brown dreads. She was wearing a white hoodie, black jeans, black slides and carrying a black bookbag when she left.

Her disappearance was reported the same day and the Polk County Sheriff’s Office is handling the investigation under case number PK260029848; the case is also entered in NamUs as MP160800. Many details beyond the last sighting and the vehicle description remain sparse.

If anyone in Lakeland saw Lanyiah, the red vehicle, or has information about where she might have gone that afternoon, please come forward.