Austyn Lee Cole of Kitty Hawk (left) and Elihue Martin Mahler of Virginia Beach, Virginia (right), are each charged with human trafficking a child and three other felonies in the case involving a 15-year-old girl found safe in Dare County Thursday. (Photo courtesy North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation)
By Corinne Saunders
The Harnett County Sheriff’s Office charged a man from Kitty Hawk and a man from Virginia Beach, Virginia, with human trafficking in the case of a missing 15-year-old Harnett County girl who was found safe in Dare County on Thursday.