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A Charlotte teen has been gone for a month. Police are asking for help finding her.

Alaiyja English, 17, was last seen in an all-orange outfit in Charlotte’s Steele Creek area on Tuesday, June 27, 2023.
Alaiyja English, 17, was last seen in an all-orange outfit in Charlotte’s Steele Creek area on Tuesday, June 27, 2023. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department

Police need help finding a missing 17-year-old girl who’s been missing from Charlotte’s Steele Creek area for more than a month.

Alaiyja English was last seen June 27 leaving her home onSkymaster Court in the Planters Walk neighborhood.

English, who is 5’2” with a thin build and long black hair, was wearing an all-orange outfit when she went missing, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police said Thursday.

Police ask anyone with information on English’s whereabouts to call 9-1-1 immediately.

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