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An Amber Alert was issued out of Harnett County on Wednesday as deputies are looking for Azalea Strifler. Strifler is 15 years old and was last seen in Spring Lake.

Amber Alert: Harnett County deputies looking for missing teen Azalea Strifler

WEATHER ON FRIDAY ON HIGHLIGHT THAT COMING UP. AND A TOWN BY TOWN. LOOK AT FUTURECAST. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU, MIKE. TONIGHT THE SEARCH CONTINUES FOR 15 YEAR-OLD GIRL LAST SEEN GETTING INTO AN UNKNOWN CAR. >> THAT WAS YESTERDAY AROUND 06:00AM AND NOW IS THE ONLY EXTRA FLOORS. FAMILY BELIEVES SHE IS IN DANGER. WRAL'S WILL LEAD. AN ALI IS FOLLOWING DEVELOPMENTS IN THE SEARCH TONIGHT. JOINING US LIVE. >> FROM THE HARNETT COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE WILL LEAVE THIS AMBER ALERT REMAINS ACTIVE TONIGHT. >> YES, IT DOES LEAN AS ILYAS TRIPLER HAS BEEN MISSING FOR NEARLY 48 HOURS. THE HARNETT COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAYS THE AGENCY THAT'S LEADING THIS INVESTIGATION. THEY'VE SEARCHED THE AREA WITH DOGS, INTERVIEWED HER FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCES, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, HER FAMILY IS PRETTY STRESSED OUT ABOUT HER DISAPPEARANCE AND THEY WANT HER HOME. >> HAVE YOU SEEN THIS 15 YEAR-OLD? THIS IS A ZILLION STRUFF LURE ACCORDING TO HER MOTHER. STRICTLY WAS LAST SEEN GETTING INTO A CAR OUTSIDE HER HOME IN STORY AKERS ROAD IN SPRING LAKE AT 6.15, ON TUESDAY MORNING. ACCORDING TO POLICE RADIO TRAFFIC. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME STRIP THERE HAS BEEN MISSING YOU EITHER HISTORY OR RUN AWAY. >> LAST TIME IT WAS FOUND SHE WAS FOUND ON THE SIDE OF THE RACE GENERAL MILES AWAY WALKING. BECAUSE ALL OF THE PRODUCTS WE WANT TO ADVISE YOU, GO YOU OUT ABOUT YOUR MOTHER'S, YOU WANT TO GO. THERE ARE WATER BOTTLE OUT TO BE ABLE TO. >> AND NEVER CAME BACK AND NO VOICE IN THE CHURCH WAS ILYAS. PARENTS SAY SHE IS 5, 4, 110 POUNDS BLOND WITH BLUE EYES. HER FAMILY BELIEVES SHE IS IN IMMINENT DANGER. >> ALTHOUGH STRICTLY WAS LAST SEEN ON TUESDAY MORNING, THIS AMBER ALERT DESCRIBING HER WASN'T SIT OUT UNTIL AROUND 01:00PM ON WEDNESDAY. MARISSA MOYER WITH THE CAROLINA CENTER OF MISSING PERSONS TELLS US THE CENTER RECENTLY SWITCHED TO A NEW SYSTEM AND THAT DELAY WAS CAUSED BY A PROGRAMMING ISSUE. WHAT WE WANTED TO DO WAS TRY TO ACCOMPLISH. >> 3 SEPARATE PROCESSES WITH ONE PROCESS AND IT JUST DIDN'T WORK FOR US WITH THE WITH THE THE PROGRAMMING AIR. RIGHT NOW, THERE IS NO WORD ON WHO MAY HAVE PICTURE IF LAURA OUTSIDE OF HER HOME AND WHAT THAT CAR MAY HAVE LOOKED LIKE. >> THE SEARCH FOR THE 15 YEAR-OLD CONTINUES. >> WRAL HAS REACHED OUT TO THE HARNETT COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. AND AS OF NOW, THERE ARE NO UPDATES IN THE SEARCH OF HIS ILYAS TO FLIRT. KEEP AN EYE ON WRAL BOTH ONLINE AND ON AIR FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION.

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