Charlotte resident Halla Jackson (left) with boyfriend Blake Gerardo Artavia
Lincoln County police have put out an alert for two teenagers who are missing, 16-year-old Blake Gerardo Artavia of Lincoln County and 18-year-old Halla Jackson of Charlotte.
Artavia was last seen leaving East Lincoln Charter School Monday around 3pm. He was driving a white 1997 Chrysler Sebring with a North Carolina license plate CBP 8444. He’s believed to with Jackson, who is his girlfriend.
Artavia was last seen wearing black Nike pants, a gray Puma hoodie, and black/green Nike basketball shoes. He has been entered in the FBI’s National Crime Information Center as a missing runaway. Jackson has been reported missing in Mecklenburg County.
Police said calls to their cell phones have gone straight to voice mail.
Anyone with information about the teens or their whereabouts is asked to contact the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office at 704-732-9050, the Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office at 704-336-2543 or Crime Stoppers at 704-736-8909.
