LA County CHP alert issued for missing 5-year-old girl taken from North Carolina

UPDATE 04/13 - The little girl was found safe and the endangered missing advisory was deactivated. Read here.

The California Highway Patrol is seeking the public's help to find a missing 5-year-old girl who was reportedly taken from North Carolina and flown to California.

Faith Leigh Harris was taken on April 3 by her grandmother's ex-husband, 84-year-old Orion Douglas Memmott, according to an endangered missing advisory issued by CHP on behalf of the Lincoln County Sheriff's Dept. in North Carolina.

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"The suspect is believed to be a driving a 1990 Chevrolet truck with California license plate number 2SIZ734," read a release from CHP.

Endangered Missing Advisory - Butte, San Bernardino,
Riverside and Los Angeles Counties
IF SEEN, CALL 9-1-1 pic.twitter.com/66LQfc1em7

— CHP - Alerts (@CHPAlerts) April 11, 2023

The endangered missing advisory was issued for Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Riverside, and Butte Counties on Tuesday.

Anyone with information on Harris or Memmott's whereabouts is urged to call 9-1-1.