AN UPDATE:

Charles has been located and is safe. Thank you SO MUCH to our media partners for sharing this post and helping us get out the word. You are appreciated!

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ORIGINAL STORY:

The Lenoir County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s assistance in helping locate a missing teen.

ALERT: Missing teen

The Lenoir County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s assistance in helping locate a missing teen.

Charles Taylor, 16, was last seen at South Lenoir High School today around 10 a.m. He is 5-foot, 9-inches tall, approximately 270 pounds and was last seen wearing an orange shirt and tan shorts. He is possibly in a black four-door Cadillac car with N.C. license tag KCA-8560.

If you have seen Charles or know where he is, please contact the Lenoir County Sheriff’s Office at 252-559-6100.