NOV 13, 2018
FBI increases reward to $25,000 in case of missing North Carolina teen Hania Noelia Aguilar
The FBI on Tuesday announced they are increasing their reward to $25,000 for information that leads to 13-year-old Hania Noelia Aguilar's location or the arrest of the person responsible for kidnapping her.
The bureau asks anyone who lives or owns a business on or around Quincey Road and has a video surveillance camera system to call the tip line at (910) 272-5871.
Lumberton police on Friday said teams conducted a ground search in a one-mile radius of where the vehicle was found. They asked property owners within the one-mile radius to also check their properties for anything out of the ordinary.
$30K reward now offered in search for kidnapped Lumberton teen :: WRAL.com
Eight days after someone kidnapped Hania Aguilar from the yard outside her Lumberton home, officials with the FBI have upped the reward for information to $25,000.
Lumberton police and the FBI said they have not given up on locating the missing 13-year-old teen, an eighth-grader at Lumberton Junior High School.
Gov. Roy Cooper's office is offering an additional $5,000 for information that leads to Hania, or an arrest.
The SBI said Monday that fake tips and rumors on social media sites are hampering the investigation.
Amber Alert: Police ask public to stop spreading rumors, FBI increases reward
Lumberton police officials, in a news conference Tuesday afternoon, encouraged the public to stop sharing "misinformation" about
the Amber Alert case that has rocked the community for more than a week, saying that it is hampering their investigation.
Lumberton Police Chief Michael McNeill stressed that the rumors being spread on social media are making it difficult for them to their jobs.
"We need these rumors stopped," he said. "It makes it harder to find Hania."