Family desperate for answers after 39-year-old woman vanishes: 'She needs somebody to advocate for her'
Allisha Watts has been missing since July 16 and her family is worried about her safety, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said. More than a week after a 39-year- old woman vanished in North Carolina, her family is desperate for answers . Allisha Watts was last seen on July 16 leaving a house in Charlotte, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said. According to Watts' sister, Stephanie Johnson, Watts was last seen with her boyfriend of one year. MORE: Gilgo Beach murders: Police searching suspect's walk-in vault The couple met when Watts, who lives in Moore County, North Carolina, would drive to Charlotte to visit her cousin, Gwendolyn Utley, who is the boyfriend's neighbor, Johnson said. Now, every other Friday, Watts drives to Charlotte for the weekend, her sister said. Johnson said Utley last saw Watts on the afternoon of July 16. The cousins planned to go to Charlotte's Bojangles Coliseum for a comedy show, Johnson said, and when Watts didn't show up, Utley rep...