Endangered Missing Child May Be Headed To CA, CHP Issues Alert

CHICO, CA — A missing North Carolina girl taken by her grandmother's ex-husband may be on the road to Butte County, according to an alert the California Highway Patrol issued Tuesday. The CHP distributed a flyer identifying the girl as Faith Lee Harris, 5, and the suspect as Orion Douglas Memmott, 84, driving a 1990 Chevrolet truck with California plates "2SIZ734."

Officials said Memmott took Harris from her home the morning of April 3 and flew from North Carolina to California. At the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office's request, the CHP authorized an "Endangered Missing Advisory" for Butte, San Bernardino, Riverside and Los Angeles counties on Tuesday. Residents who spot the vehicle or the pair should call 911 immediately.

According to Action News Now, Memmott's criminal record shows a 2014 tax fraud conviction, for which he served 18 months in federal prison.