ROBESON COUNTY, N.C. — The North Carolina Center for Missing Persons has issued an Amber Alert for a 9-year-old girl.
Officials said Mekiya Werrell Strickland was last seen on Cornith Road.
She is believed to be with her father, 50-year-old Claude Leslie Werrell, according to the Pembroke Police Department.
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Strickland is described as 4 feet 10 inches and weighs 160 pounds. She has brown hair and brown eyes.
Werrell is described as 6 feet 5 inches and weighs 280 pounds. He also has brown hair and brown eyes, according to police.
Police said the pair could be riding in a blue Chevrolet Traverse with a license plate tag that reads LBL1909.
Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of Strickland and Werrell is asked to call the Pembroke Police Department immediately at 910-521-4333.
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