Authorities issued an Amber Alert on February 26. Following an intensive search, they located the teen in Dare County.

The teen from Harnett County was found safe after a massive search, but she had been taken more than 100 miles away.

Both suspects initially made contact with the missing teen online, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

A warrant shows a Harnett County teen was messaging the man charged with trafficking her. Soccer star Sophia Wilson announces pregnancy with Arizona Cardinals' Michael Wilson Nicolas Cage’s Car ...

Elihue Martin Mahler, 31, of Virginia Beach, Virginia, and 23-year-old Austyn Lee Cole of Kitty Hawk, face charges of felony human trafficking of a child victim, felony kidnapping, felony conspiracy ...

WTVD, an ABC affiliate, reports that 32-year-old Elihue Martin Mahler of Virginia Beach, Virginia, and 24-year-old Austyn Lee Cole of Kitty Hawk face charges of felony human trafficking of a child ...

: Both Mahler and Cole received a $5 million secured bond during their first court appearance on Friday, Feb. 28.The North ...

Multiple Amber Alerts in North Carolina this week and several suspects are now facing human trafficking charges.

Two men, Elihue Mahler, 31, of Virginia Beach, and Austyn Lee Cole, 23, of Kitty Hawk, are facing human trafficking and kidnapping charges after the teen went missing from her home near Spring Lake in ...

Two men are accused of kidnapping a 15-year-old girl who was reported missing Wednesday and ultimately found safe in Kitty ...

A 15-year-old girl abducted from Harnett County last week made plans on Instagram to meet one of the men now charged with human trafficking, according to search warrants in the case. An Amber ...