Crime & Safety

Police Launch Search For Missing Mooresville Teen

Selena Cawley was last seen Aug. 12 in the backyard of her home in the Morrison Plantation subdivision in Mooresville.

Selena Cawley was last seen Aug. 12 in the backyard of her home in the Morrison Plantation subdivision in Mooresville.
Selena Cawley was last seen Aug. 12 in the backyard of her home in the Morrison Plantation subdivision in Mooresville. (Courtesy of Mooresville Police Department)

MOORESVILLE, NC — Mooresville Police are asking for the public's help locating a juvenile who disappeared from the backyard of her home in the Morrison Plantation subdivision.

According to MPD, Selena Cawley was last seen Aug. 12 around 4 p.m.

"It is believed Selena left on foot in an unknown direction," MPD said.

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She is described as about 5-foot tall, with shoulder- length black curly hair. She was last seen wearing an off-white short sleeve shirt, cut off blue jean shorts, and purple and black Birkenstock-like sandals, police said.

MPD asks that anyone with information about Selena Cawley's whereabouts is urged to call 9-1-1 or the Mooresville Police Department's non-emergency number at 704-664-3311.

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