AMBER Alert canceled for missing 15-year-old girl from Siler City

SILER CITY, N.C. (WTVD) -- A missing 15-year-old girl from Siler City has been found safe.

The Siler City Police Department said the teen was "safely recovered" Thursday evening.

Police have not released any other details other than to say the girl's family had been notified but she had not yet been reunited with them.

Police also would not say where she was found as they are still working through this case. More details are expected Friday.
The police department originally posted about her disappearance on Feb. 21 on their Facebook page.

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The teen was last seen on North Garden Avenue and was believed to be traveling with two people.

Siler City police told ABC11 the AMBER ALERT was not initially sent because she left voluntarily, however, new details prompted the department to send the alert.

"My mom is worried about her, she has been missing seven days and we haven't found her," said the girl's sister Rosalita Hernandez Fernandez.

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