Family needs help finding missing Concord teen

Latasha Charles, 15, left her home in Concord on Jan. 27 and hasn’t been seen since.

Her family is asking for the public’s help to find her.

Latasha, who also goes by Natasha Fowler, is described as black, about 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighs about 240 pounds. She was last seen wearing black tights, black boots and a black button-down shirt. She has brown eyes and shoulder-length black hair that she prefers to wear in a crinkled hairstyle.

Police were told her last known location was near the Johnson C. Smith University Campus in Charlotte, at the intersection of West Fifth and West Trade Streets.

Anyone with information is asked to call Concord police at 704-920-5000.