AMBER Alert issued for missing 15-year-old from New Bern

Updated 3 hours ago
NEW BERN, N.C. (WTVD) -- Authorities have issued an AMBER Alert for a missing 15-year-old boy out of New Bern.

Isaiah Kavon Owens is described as 5 feet 4 inches tall, weighing about 100 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing a white hooded sweatshirt, black pants and red and blue sneakers. He is autistic and has a speech delay.

Isaiah Kavon Owens is described as 5 feet 4 inches tall, weighing about 100 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes.

New Bern Police Department



Investigators believe Owens may be with 43-year-old Kenneth Lee Brantley. Brantley is described as 5 feet 2 inches tall, weighing 162 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing a white T-shirt with a colorful design and gray pants.

Kenneth Lee Brantley is described as 5 feet 2 inches tall, weighing 162 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes.

Photo: New Bern Police Department



Authorities say the pair may be connected to a location at 1901 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Room 242.



They could also be traveling in a black 2012 GMC Yukon with South Carolina license plate XFH752.

Anyone with information is urged to call 911 immediately
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