The FBI is offering a $25,000 reward for information in Hania Aguilar's disappearance. With the $5,000 Gov. Roy Cooper promised from the state, that brings the total to $30,000.
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Lumberton police officials continue to work leads in Aguilar's disappearance. They previously encouraged the public to stop sharing "misinformation" about the Amber Alert case that has rocked the community for more than a week, saying that it is hampering their investigation.
Police ask public to stop spreading rumors, FBI increases reward
Hania Aguilar, 13, has been missing since around 7 a.m. on Nov. 5. It was around that time that police said she was abducted at Rosewood Mobile Home Park off East Elizabethtown Road while she was waiting to go to school.
TIMELINE: Lumberton teen Hania Aguilar has been missing for more than a week
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Authorities said she was forced into a green SUV. That SUV was found abandoned on Nov. 8.
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Lumberton Police Chief Michael McNeill stressed that the rumors being spread on social media are making it difficult for them to their jobs.
"We need these rumors stopped," he said. "It makes it harder to find Hania."
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Chief McNeill said they also need to see more surveillance video from around the area the SUV was found in order to pinpoint when it was abandoned.
He added that officers are working around the clock to bring Hania home.