Amber Alert issued for missing 15-year-old North Carolina girl

Amber Alert issued for missing 15-year-old North Carolina girl

Updated: 12:08 PM EST Feb 26, 2025

SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 24TH. AN ELDERLY WOMAN KNOWN BY MANY IN THE WINSTON-SALEM COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO RECOVER FROM SERIOUS INJURIES SHE RECEIVED IN A VIOLENT ASSAULT. 85 YEAR OLD ESTHER DEAVER IS KNOWN TO MOST AS. WINSTON-SALEM BICYCLE LADY. SHE WAS ATTACKED SUNDAY MORNING IN A PARKING GARAGE NEXT TO ATRIUM HEALTH, WAKE FOREST BAPTIST HOSPITAL. AT LAST CHECK, SHE IS STILL IN CRITICAL CONDITION TONIGHT. THE NEWS OF HER ATTACK COMES AS A SHOCK TO THOSE WHO KNOW HER. I WAS DEVASTATED FOR HER. AND THEN I WAS ANGRY THAT THAT IT HAPPENED TO HER. YOU KNOW, OF ALL PEOPLE. HER. BECAUSE SHE’S JUST. I JUST CAN’T IMAGINE ANYONE WANTING TO BRING HURT UPON HER. POLICE SAY HER ATTACKER IS THIS MAN, 65 YEAR OLD DONALD NORWOOD JUNIOR. HE’S BEING HELD WITHOUT BOND TONIGHT ON CHARGES OF KIDNAPING, ASSAULT, INFLICTING SERIOU INJURY AND TRESPASSING. ATRIUM HEALTH WAKE FOREST BAPTIST SAYS IT’S WORKING WITH POLICE IN THIS INVESTIGATION. IN ASHEBORO, MAN WILL BE IN COURT TOMORROW ANSWERING TO ALLEGATIONS OF CHILD SEX CRIMES. 25 YEAR-OLD LUCAS HUNT IS CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF SECOND DEGREE SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF A MINOR. MEMBERS OF THE INVICTUS TASK FORCE RECEIVED A TIP LAST MONTH FROM THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN. THAT TIP LED TO HUNT’S ARREST. IN 12 INVESTIGATES. A LONG TIME DAYCARE CENTER IN THOMASVILLE, NOW SUSPENDED. THIS COMES AS AN ASSAULT INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY. AS CHRIS PETERSEN REPORTS, A MOTHER SAYS HER THREE YEAR OLD SON CAME HOME FROM DAYCARE WITH BRUISES. BUT THE OWNER OF THAT DAYCARE CENTER SAYS THAT BRUISING DIDN’T HAPPEN. THERE. I WAS HEARTBROKEN, FURIOUS, JUST BECAUSE OF WHAT MY CHILD HAD TO GO THROUGH. THAT WAS CHASTITY SMALLS REACTION WHEN SHE SAW HER SON. SMALL SAYS SHE TOOK HER THREE YEAR OLD SON TO THE KIDS CITY DAYCARE CENTER IN THOMASVILLE FOR THE FIRST TIME TWO WEEKS AGO. SMALLS PARENTS PICKED HIM UP AND CALLED TO SAY THEY NOTICED BRUISING ON THE BOY THAT SHOULD NOT BE THERE. THEY TOOK THESE PICTURES THAT SHOW BRUISING ON THE CHILD’S FACE AND BACK, AND GRANTED US PERMISSION TO SHAE THEM WITH YOU. HIS FACE IS COMPLETELY BRUISED OR IT WAS BRUISED ALL ON THE LEFT SIDE. HE HAD A BLOOD AND BRUISE CONTUSION BEHIND HIS EAR THAT WENT THROUGH IT. HE HAD A BUSTED LIP. HE HAD A HORRIBLE GASH AND BRUISE ON THE BACK OF HIS. ON HIS BACK. AFTER TAKING THE PICTURES, SMALL TOOK HER SON TO THE THOMASVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 12 INVESTIGATES HAS LEARNED POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING AN ASSAULT AT THE DAYCARE CENTER. I WAS SHOCKED, DEPRESSED. I STARTED. THINKING ABOUT WHAT’S THE BEST THING TO DO FOR 56 YEARS. FAYE BURCHETT HAS OWNED THE KIDS CITY DAYCARE CENTER. SHE SAYS A CONSULTANT WITH THE STATE SHOWED UP MONDAY AFTERNOON AND INFORMED HER THAT THE CENTER’S LICENSE WAS SUSPENDED. THE VISIT SUMMARY SAYS CHILDREN WERE NOT ADEQUATELY SUPERVISED AT ALL TIMES. BURCHETT SAYS SHE DOESN’T BELIEVE THE BOY’S BRUISES HAPPENED AT HER DAYCARE CENTER. SHE’S BLAMING THE DAYCARE FOR IT. TO MY KNOWLEDGE, IT DID NOT HAPPEN HERE AT THE DAYCARE THAT STARTED IT ALL. BUT ALL WE GOT WROTE UP FOR AND CLOSED DOWN FOR IS THE STAFF NOT SUPERVISING THE CHILDREN CORRECTLY. BUT SINCE WELL, SINCE THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED SINCE THE THE STAFF WERE NOT SUPERVISING THE CHILDREN CORRECTLY, ISN’T IT POSSIBLE THAT THE BRUISE DID HAPPEN WHILE THE CHILD WAS UNSUPERVISED? IT’S A POSSIBILITY, YES. SMALL SAYS SHE’S SPEAKING OUT SO OTHER PARENTS WON’T FACE A SIMILAR SITUATION. I’M NOT GOING TO GIVE UP UNTIL I FEEL LIKE I’VE GOT JUSTICE FOR MY SON. AND THAT WAS CHRIS PETERSEN REPORTING. SMALL SAYS DETECTIVES WITH THE THOMASVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT CONTINUE TO UPDATE HER ON THE CASE. BURCHETT SAYS SHE’S NOT SURE HOW LONG THE SUSPENSION WILL LAST, LEAVING PARENTS WITH CHILDREN AT THE

Amber Alert issued for missing 15-year-old North Carolina girl

Updated: 12:08 PM EST Feb 26, 2025

An Amber Alert has been issued for a missing 15-year-old girl in North Carolina. The Harnett County Sheriff’s Office is searching for Azalea Strifler. She’s 5-foot-4 tall and weighs 110 pounds. She has blonde hair and blue eyes.The circumstances surrounding her disappearance are not known.If you have any information call the Harnett County Sheriff’s Office immediately at 910- 893-9111, or call 911 or* HP.

HARNETT COUNTY, N.C. —

An Amber Alert has been issued for a missing 15-year-old girl in North Carolina.

The Harnett County Sheriff’s Office is searching for Azalea Strifler. She’s 5-foot-4 tall and weighs 110 pounds. She has blonde hair and blue eyes.

Harnett County Sheriff’s Office

The circumstances surrounding her disappearance are not known.

If you have any information call the Harnett County Sheriff’s Office immediately at 910- 893-9111, or call 911 or* HP.