2 men charged with kidnapping, human trafficking after North Carolina AMBER Alert

HARNETT COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — Two men are charged after a reported missing teen in eastern North Carolina prompted an AMBER Alert.

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 victim, felony kidnapping, felony conspiracy to kidnap, and felony conspiracy, human trafficking.

The 15-year-old girl was reported missing from Harnett County on Wednesday morning. WTVD reports she was found Thursday morning in Dare County, along the coast…

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