'Please come home': Mother's message for missing Fayetteville teen believed to be in danger

An Amber Alert was issued Thursday morning for 15-year-old Nevia Maihyanna Nixon. Nixon lives with her mother, Lorraine Gonzales, in a home on Welsh Place in the Cotton Aid community near Fort Bragg.

Police said Nixon was last seen at her home on Sept. 25. Nixon was first reported as a runaway on Sept. 26.

"If that were the case, I feel she would have packed some kind of bag or something. I don't feel like this was her intention to just disappear like this," Nixon said.

Fayetteville police said a disturbing text message sent to Nixon led investigators to believe she was abducted. Those texts, which police would not release the contents of, prompted Thursday's Amber Alert.

Gonzales said Nixon has run away before, but this time, it's different.

Authorities said a runaway usually posts something on social media or makes a phone call to someone within seven days of disappearing, but Nixon has not been heard from since she disappeared. Police believe she could be in danger.

"Nevia, if you can hear this or see this, please come home," Gonzales urged on Thursday. "We just want you to come home. We want to know that you’re okay. If anybody sees her, or has any kind of lead or anything, call the police. Don’t do nothing, don’t just sit there ... pick up the phone and say something."

Nixon is about 5 feet, 3 inches tall and weighs about 170 pounds. She has hazel eyes and dyed red hair.

Anyone with information about Nixon's whereabouts is asked to immediately call 911 or call Detective K. Faire with the Fayetteville Police Department at 910-703-2711. People can also call Crime Stoppers at 910-483-TIPS (8477).