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Mother of missing 14-year-old: 'We need all the help we can get'

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A search is underway for a 14-year-old Charlotte girl who has been missing for nearly six weeks.

Nakia Williams was last seen Sept. 7, when she left her residence in the 3700 block of Wiegon Lane, according to a missing-person report by the Charlotte-Mecklenburg police.

Volunteers gathered at the Walmart Supercenter at 3240 Wilkinson Boulevard on Sunday to organize a search party and distribute flyers to help find Nakia.

“We need all the help we can get,” said Conchette Stowe, Nakia’s mother. "It takes a village, and I'm crying out to the village to help find my daughter.”

Investigators thought they had a possible lead in the case at a home in Gaston County after photos surfaced on social media of Nakia with a man named Jarrette Luckey who was twice her age.

“I honestly don't know how my name got involved, I really don't know,” Luckey said.

Luckey adamantly told Channel 9 that he doesn't know Nakia, has never even seen her, and he told police the same thing when they searched his home Sunday night.

“Police came out here and looked.  They looked everywhere. I let them look in the house. I let them look in the yard. Just to let them know that she's not [expletive] here,” Luckey said.

Luckey told Channel 9 that police did arrest him for missing an earlier court date but have not charged him with anything tied to Nakia's disappearance.

“Oh, he knows. He knows her,” Stowe said about Luckey.

Nakia's family isn't convinced and said they'll keep looking and pushing police for answers until they find her.

A detective told Channel 9 they don't have reason to believe that Nakia is in danger but they're still looking, and following every lead to try and find her.

She is described as black, 5 feet 3 inches tall, 110 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. Anyone with information about the missing girl should call 911.

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