Missing Mooresville Group Home Runaway Found In Greensboro

MOORESVILLE, NC — A 16-year-old who reportedly ran away from a Mooresville group home has been located in Greensboro, according to the Iredell County Sheriff’s Office.

Kelsie Jane Prevatte, 16, was reported as a runaway June 30 after she was seen leaving the group home on foot, according to authorities.She was the second teenager to be reported missing from a Mooresville area group home in June.

Prevatte then "went to a nearby business, where she borrowed a phone from an employee there," the sheriff's office said in a statement earlier this week. From that borrowed phone, she then sent text messages and called several people.

A patron at the business gave her money, which she then used to take a taxi to the Statesville area, ICSO said. Authorities said at the time they had reason to believe she might have traveled to the Winston-Salem or Greensboro area.

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Prevatte was located Wednesday at the Greensboro Public Library after investigators with the sheriff’s office obtained court orders for cell phones and other electronic communications.