More than two months after a Northampton County teenager was last seen, authorities say they are still hopeful she will be found safe and ultimately reunited with her family.
Northampton County District Attorney Stephen Baratta’s office shared that message Wednesday in a news release about 14-year-old Enci “Aubrey” Wu of Palmer Township, who was reported missing by her parents on Friday, Jan. 10, and was last seen in the vicinity of Macarthur Road in Whitehall, Lehigh County, the following day. According to Palmer Township Police, she was last seen in the area of Parkland High School, which is about two miles west of Macarthur Road in South Whitehall Township.
Authorities have described Wu as a runaway. Palmer Police say she left home sometime after 6:28 p.m. Jan. 10, while her parents were asleep, and subsquently stayed at another home “temporarily” before leaving the area.
“Allegedly, Ms. Wu’s intent was to leave the Lehigh Valley,” the district attorney’s office said Wednesday, adding that when she was last seen “she was seeking transportation and/or funds from strangers.”…