New warrants show that a Harnett County teenage girl who was the subject of an Amber Alert last week made plans on Instagram ...

An arrest warrant shows a 15-year-old girl, who was the subject of an Amber Alert, arranged to meet one of her alleged kidnappers via hidden Instagram messages.

The teen from Harnett County was found safe after a massive search, but she had been taken more than 100 miles away.

Two men, Elihue Mahler, 31, of Virginia Beach, and Austyn Lee Cole, 23, of Kitty Hawk, are facing human trafficking and kidnapping charges after the teen went missing from her home near Spring Lake in ...

Authorities issued an Amber Alert on February 26. Following an intensive search, they located the teen in Dare County.

Messages indicate that Mahler asked the teen where she was as he was heading to her house. In messages, Mahler wanted the teen to get rid of their messages, telling her to “Delete all this ...

SPRING LAKE, N.C. — Court documents reveal a 15-year-old Harnett County girl who triggered an Amber Alert last week had arranged to meet one of the suspects now charged with human trafficking ...

Some areas have been redacted to protect privacy. Elihue Mahler, 31, of Virginia Beach and Austyn Lee Cole, 23, of Kitty Hawk are each charged with human trafficking a child victim, kidnapping and ...

Some areas have been redacted to protect privacy. Harnett County Sheriff's Dept. Elihue Mahler, 31, of Virginia Beach and Austyn Lee Cole, 23, of Kitty Hawk are each charged with human trafficking ...