CALDWELL COUNTY, N.C. — The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and the Caldwell County Department of Social Services is asking for the public’s help in locating a missing teenage girl. Sixteen-year-old Makayla Worley was last seen on August 31 when she left a youth shelter in Gastonia.
Makayla, who sometimes goes by Kayla, has long brown hair, brown eyes, is 5’8″ and weighs 200 pounds. Authorities believe she could be in Gaston or Mecklenburg County.
Anyone having information about her whereabouts is asked to contact the Caldwell County Department of Social Services at 828-426-8292, the Gastonia City Police Department at 704-866-6702 or the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children at 1-800-843-5678.
