Missing Kingsport infant believed to be with wanted father in North Carolina

KINGSPORT, Tenn. ( WJHL ) — Authorities are asking for the public’s help finding a missing 8-month-old from Kingsport, who is believed to be with her wanted father in North Carolina.

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has issued an Endangered Child Alert for 8-month-old Sephrona McCullough.

The TBI believes she may be with her father, 22-year-old Mason McCullough in Topsail, North Carolina.

According to the Kingsport Police Department, Sephrona’s mother reported her missing on April 21, telling police that she had allowed Mason McCullough to take the child to North Carolina on April 14.

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Police believe Mason and Seprona left the Lynn Garden area with an unknown male and an unknown female on April 15.

The child’s mother told police that Mason had agreed to return the child on or around April 19, but she last spoke with Mason on April 17 via a messaging app.

“Kingsport police detectives, along with agents from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, have spent the last 48 hours attempting to locate Mason and Sephrona,” the police department said in a release. “Detectives believe that Mason is in the coastal area of North Carolina.”

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