Child predator added to Texas’ Most Wanted List

The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) has added Martin Deanda—a violent child predator from North Texas—to the Texas 10 Most Wanted Sex Offenders list. Texas Crime Stoppers is offering a cash reward of up to $3,000 for information leading to his arrest. All tips are guaranteed to be anonymous.

Martin Deanda, 43, of Dallas, has been wanted out of Dallas County since January 2025 for failure to comply with sex offender registration requirements. In January 2023, he was convicted in Anderson County of aggravated sexual assault of a child.

In 2012, Deanda was convicted of three counts of aggravated robbery and was subsequently sentenced to 10 years of confinement for each offense, to be served concurrently. His criminal history also includes indecency with a child by sexual contact, continuous sexual abuse of a child under 14, battery resulting in bodily injury, unlawful carrying of a weapon and evading arrest or detention.

Deanda is 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighs approximately 190 pounds. He has tattoos on his chest and both arms. He may wear glasses and is known to have ties to Anderson County, including the city of Palestine. More information about Deanda, including updates in the event of his arrest, can be found on the DPS website.

Funded by the Governor’s Public Safety Office, Texas Crime Stoppers offers cash rewards to anyone who provides information that leads to the arrest of one of Texas’ 10 Most Wanted Fugitives, Sex Offenders or Criminal Illegal Immigrants. So far in 2025, DPS and partnering agencies have arrested 35 individuals from these lists, including 12 sex offenders and nine criminal illegal immigrants. A total of $25,000 in rewards has been paid for tips that led to arrests.

To be eligible for cash rewards, tipsters must provide information using one of the following methods:

• Call the Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-252-TIPS (8477).
• Submit a web tip through the DPS website by selecting the fugitive’s profile and clicking the link under their picture.
• Submit a Facebook tip by clicking the “SUBMIT A TIP” link in the “About” section.

All tips are anonymous, regardless of submission method. Tipsters will receive a tip number in place of a name.

DPS investigators collaborate with local law enforcement agencies to select fugitives for the Texas 10 Most Wanted Fugitives, Sex Offenders, and Criminal Illegal Immigrants lists. Current lists with photos are available on the DPS website.