Heartbreaking Update in Case of Missing North Carolina Mom and Daughter

The search continues for a mother and daughter in North Carolina as heartbreaking details about the family living in their car surface.

Wilmington police say Amanda Lynn Roberts, 36, and her daughter, Brenna Dawn Shoff, 2, were last seen on June 26 near the 5000 block of Market Street, near the Sleep Inn and MainStay Suites.

Earlier this week, Lt. Greg Willett of the Wilmington Police Department told Newsweek that Roberts' husband reported his wife and daughter missing last week. The trio had been living in their car, Willett said.

The husband, whose name was not provided, was arrested in early June and when he was released on June 27, he went to the spot where their car is usually parked. But Roberts, Shoff, and the car were nowhere to be found.

Willett said police "don't have any evidence or indication of foul play or anything criminal."

Newsweek has contacted Willett again on Friday for any updates. Police say Roberts could be carrying a hard-sided rolling suitcase with a paint splash design, a cheetah-print diaper bag, and a car seat.

Roberts is described as being 5 feet 1 inch tall and weighing 115 pounds with green eyes with brown hair. Shoff is 3 feet tall and weighs 30 pounds. She has curly blonde hair with hazel eyes, as seen in pictures released by police.

One photo includes Roberts holding a coffee cup and smiling with Shoff beside her, also smiling. The other is a solo shot of Shoff looking into the camera, wearing a Minnie Mouse shirt.

Anyone with information about the pair's whereabouts is asked to contact the Wilmington Police Department at 910-343-3609.

Meanwhile, in South Miami, Florida, Christine Betancourt, 41, is working to take legal action against her estranged husband Jeremy Eminhizer because she claims he filed a false missing child report for their daughter, Shea, when he knew her whereabouts.

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement issued a Missing Child Alert for Shea Eminhizer on Saturday night, stating she could be with her mom, who was considered "armed and dangerous." The 3-year-old girl was found safe.

Betancourt and her attorney Sam Rabin also claim she was never "armed and dangerous" as Eminhizer told police in his report and only made the report to "punish" Betancourt amid their nasty divorce and custody battle

"No kidnapping or interference with child custody occurred in this case," Rabin told NBC Miami on Wednesday. "There was no criminal conduct nor criminal act and that's why Ms. Betancourt wasn't charged with a crime. Events were set in motion by a false missing persons report that should not have been made."

Betancourt added, "I was not contacted by the police. There was not a well-check, nothing was done and the falsified missing person report reached the level it did and it even maintained and was upheld even after he had been notified I was fine and my mother had notified the police that my daughter and I were fine."

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