UPDATE: The Orange County Sheriff’s Office issued a release Friday morning saying Dawson has been located and is safe. Her name has also been removed from the National Crime Information Center.


The Orange County Sheriff’s Office is seeking help from the public in finding a community member.

A release from the office Thursday said Brenna Dawson has not been in contact with her family since January 19. Dawson, 32, has not been responding to phone calls or text messages and her Facebook account has been deleted.

According to a spokesperson for the office, Dawson’s most recent address was in the Hillsborough area of the county and she has contacts in the Carrboro area.

The description of Dawson provided by the sheriff’s office is 5-foot-2 and weighing around 130 pounds.

The Orange County Sheriff’s Office says anyone with information on Dawson’s location is asked to call Investigator Trent Hall at 919-245-2905.

Photo via the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.


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