Search for kidnapped North Carolina teen enters day 7, reward increases to $20,000
The Lumberton Police Department in North Carolina and the FBI are seeking the public’s help in finding 13-year-old Hania Noelia Aguilar. New photos and videos of the teen were recently released. Hania was outside her home at the Rosewood Mobile Home Park located at 3525 Elizabethtown Road, Lumberton, North Carolina, on November 5, just before 7:00 a.m. She was waiting for the rest of her family to come outside and drive to school.
A witness at the location saw a male subject dressed in all black and wearing a yellow bandana force Hania into a relative’s vehicle that was parked in the driveway.
The vehicle was a green, 2002 Ford Expedition with South Carolina license plate NWS-984. An Amber Alert was issued.
By November 8, it had been determined that the SUV seen at the scene was stolen. It was found just before 8:00 a.m. on November 8 off Quincey Road in Lumberton. The FBI’s Evidence Response Team is processing the vehicle.
Hania is a Hispanic female, 5 feet tall, weighing approximately 126 pounds. She has black hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a blue shirt with flowers and blue jeans.
By November 10, the FBI had created a “missing poster” that will be featured on all the FBI social media sites. Please call 911 if you have any information regarding Hania’s kidnapping or current whereabouts.
The Lumberton Police Department has set up a special tip line to call with information: (910) 272-5871. Authorities are also asking you to call that number if you live or own a business on or around Quincey Road and have a video surveillance camera system.
FBI Charlotte: Surveillance footage in kidnapping investigation
Investigators have also released surveillance footage of a person seen walking on surveillance video near the kidnapping scene (see below.) If you have any information as to the identity of this individual or any information in this case, contact the tip line at (910) 272-5871.
CNN reported Lumberton police Chief Michael McNeill saying on Friday that a reward for information that leads to her being found has been increased to $20,000. The FBI is asking the public to review the videos displayed below which show a man walking near Hania’s home.
The FBI said the man was wearing light-colored shoes, a light-colored shirt, and a hoodie, and was walking south on Lambert Street. He then turned north on North Carolina Highway 41/Elizabethtown Highway toward the mobile home park.
“Someone knows this man, and we need you to call us,” FBI supervisory resident agent Andy de la Rocha said Friday. “Maybe you recognize the way he walks, his mannerisms, or maybe he will recognize himself on TV.”
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The above videos show what appears to be a man wearing light-colored shoes, a light-colored shirt, and a hoodie walking down Lambeth Street and then turns left on Highway 41/Elizabethtown Highway towards the Rosewood Mobile Home Park. Several vehicles were seen on the video driving by. If you saw the individual on the morning of November 5 or know this man, please contact our tip line at (910) 272-5871 with any information. If you are this individual, please call the tip line to speak with investigators; your assistance may help in locating Hania.
(Article source and all images: FBI)
~ Written by: Richard Webster, Ace News Today / Connect with Richard on Facebook and Twitter
