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Update: New Hanover deputies find teenage girl, missing for the second time in a week [Free]

Anabella Lenoir Enger, 14, last seen on Sunday. (Port City Daily photo / NHCSO)

Update 9:30 Monday, August 31 — Anabella Lenoir Enger has been returned home safely, according to authorities.

NEW HANOVER COUNTY — The New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help to find a missing teenage girl who has gone missing for the second time in the last week.

According to NHCSO, Anabella Lenoir Enger, 14, was last seen on Sunday. Last week, she disappeared on Tuesday, and was found and returned home the previous day.

As with last time, Anabella was last seen at a residence at 6705 Alamosa Drive, in the Murrayville/Ogden area. Anabella is described as a white female, being five feet, eight inches, weighing approximately 150 pounds, with an average build, brown eyes, and short black hair, shaved on one side. She was last seen wearing a black t-shirt and black leggings.

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