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Visa Denied For Father Of Slain Lumberton Girl

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The father of Hania Aguilar has been denied a visa to attend his daughter's funeral.

The father of a North Carolina teen who was kidnapped and killed has been denied a visa to attend his daughter's funeral.

News outlets quote Naimeh Salem, an attorney for the father of 13-year-old Hania Aguilar, as saying the father was denied because he "doesn't have enough ties to the country." Services are set for Saturday in Lumberton.

A Change.org petition urging approval of a visa for the Guatemalan citizen got more than 50,000 signatures.

Police say a man forced the teenager into an SUV and drove off on Nov. 5. Her body was found last week.

A $30,000 reward remains in place for information related to the kidnapping.

Her family has received a new mobile home about a mile away to help them make a new start.

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