Missing teen's car found by Charlottesville movie theater

The car of a missing Shipman teen was found in the parking lot of a Charlottesville movie theater Tuesday evening.

Alexis Tiara Murphy, 17, was last seen Saturday evening. Her family believes she was headed to Lynchburg to get hair extensions for her senior portrait, her aunt Angela Taylor said Tuesday.

About 9 p.m., 15 to 20 law enforcement officers — including FBI agents, Albemarle County police and Nelson County sheriff’s deputies — surrounded a white Nissan Maxima in a darkened back corner of the Carmike Six cinema parking lot off U.S. 29 in Albemarle County.

The license plate number matched the one listed in a news release issued by the FBI.

Police tape surrounded the vehicle, which had no apparent damage to the exterior. Authorities on the scene declined to comment.

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