Amber Alert issued for Stanly County teen

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ALBEMARLE — An Amber Alert has been issued for a missing teen in Stanly County.

The Stanly County Sheriff’s Office is asking residents of the region to be on the lookout for 16-year-old Stephanie Michele Morton, according to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

Morton is 5 feet, 4 inches tall and has red hair and blue eyes and weighs around 175 pounds.

She is believed to be with 30-year-old Duane Howard Bartlett, a 30-year-old white man, driving a red passenger car.

No other information is currently available.

Anyone with information is encouraged to call the Stanly County Sheriff’s Office at 704-985-0656, or call 911 or *HP.

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