UPDATED July 13: The New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office has announced that Mercedes has returned home safely.
The original story is below:
NEW HANOVER COUNTY — The Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help with locating a missing teenager.
Mercedes Marie Pirello, 16, was last seen Sunday, July 9, leaving 107 Fairford Road in an older model, four-door, black Honda with an unknown person.
Mercedes is described as 5 feet, 10 inches tall, with dirty-blonde hair. She weighs approximately 110 lbs.
She was last seen wearing an orange top, shorts and black tennis shoes. She has a tattoo on her lower left ankle that reads “Nick.”
Anyone with information about her location is asked to call the New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office at 910-798-4200.
