Amber Alert canceled for NC teen found safe after a week. Hers was second alert in 2 days
Police and the North Carolina SBI announced Thursday night they had located a 15-year-old girl missing from Siler City for nearly a week.
An Amber Alert went out statewide Thursday morning asking for information about Geydi Hernandez Fernandez, who was last seen on Friday.
The Siler City Police Department and the NC SBI announced Thursday night the teenager had been recovered around 8 p.m. without providing additional details.
Another Amber Alert was issued Wednesday for Azalea Strifler, a 15-year-old who went missing from Harnett County. The alert was called off Thursday after she was found safe in Dare County.
Two men, Elihue Mahler, 31, of Virginia Beach and Austyn Lee Cole of Kitty Hawk, were each charged with human trafficking a child victim, kidnapping and two counts of felony conspiracy in Azalea's disappearance.
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