North Carolina Amber Alert: Ariell Denton missing from Wayne County

A North Carolina Amber Alert has been issued for 13-year-old Ariell Denton after she was last seen in Goldsboro, Wayne County, according to family members. Anyone with information is urged to call 911 immediately.

Denton was initially reported missing from the Mar-Mac area on Wednesday night. She is described as a 13-year-old white female with long brown hair and hazel eyes, standing 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighing 200 pounds, according to the Amber Alert.

She was reportedly seen at 11:15 p.m. at a Speedway store on U.S. Route 117 near the fairgrounds, according to family members. She spoke with a couple in an SUV and left with them.

In an update on Thursday at 3:41 p.m., her family reported she was last seen at B & G Grill in Goldsboro with an older woman and a boy they said appeared to be around her age.

She was last seen wearing black-and-white checkered pants, a blue pullover, and tennis shoes.

Anyone who sees Denton is urged to call 911 immediately, or call the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office at (919) 580-4064 if you have any other information that could help investigators.