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Missing Southern Pines girl found safe

Authorities canceled an Amber Alert Wednesday evening for a 14-year-old Southern Pines girl who last seen leaving the National Guard Armory late Saturday.

Posted 2009-06-25T00:26:06+00:00 - Updated 2009-06-25T14:04:50+00:00

Southern Pines police believe that Ciro Alonso Salinas, 20, took Gabriela Patricia Velazquez, 14, from the National Guard Armory, 510 W. Morganton St., shortly before 10:30 p.m. Saturday. (Photo courtesy of the N.C. Department of Cirme Control and Public Safety)

Authorities canceled an Amber Alert Wednesday evening for a 14-year-old Southern Pines girl who last seen leaving the National Guard Armory late Saturday.

Gabriela Patricia Velazquez was found safe and unharmed in New Bern Wednesday evening, said Lt. Rodney Hardy, with the Southern Pines Police Department.

Her alleged abductor, Ciro Alonso Salinas, 21, hasn't been found, Hardy said.

More details were not available.