MARLENA CHURCH - 15 yo - Lenoir NC

Deputies search for missing 15-year-old girl



Hickory Daily Record

January 06, 2012

LENOIR --

The Caldwell County Sheriff’s Office is asking
the public for help in finding a 15-year-old girl who voluntary left
South Caldwell High School on Monday at about 1 p.m.

Investigators think Marlena Church may be in the
Hickory or High Point area in the company of an 18-year-old Hispanic
man, according to a media release issued by the Caldwell County Sheriff’s Office.

Church is a white female, 5-feet tall, with dark
brown hair and hazel eyes. She was last seen wearing glasses, earrings,
blue jeans, white shoes and a black T-shirt with “Aero” written on it in white letters.

Anyone with information about Church or her
possible location is asked to call Investigator Kim Britt at the
Caldwell County Sheriff’s Office at 758-2324 or call Crime Stoppers at 758-8300.

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LENOIR --

A missing teen has returned home to her family.

Marlena Church, 15, voluntarily left Caldwell High
School on Jan. 2. The Caldwell County Sheriff’s Office asked for the
public’s help in finding the teen on Friday, believing she was with an
18-year-old man and in either the Hickory or High Point area.

On Saturday, Church returned home, said Sgt. B.J.
Fore with the sheriff’s office. Investigators are looking into whether
Church was with the man.

“We are grateful that this young lady is home safe
and sound,” said Sheriff Alan Jones. “I would like to remind parents to
pay attention to their children’s online activities and who they are
talking to.”
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