Mystery as entire family including two kids aged 7 and 10 vanish

NORTH CAROLINA police are seeking the public's assistance in locating a missing woman and her two children who have been missing for several days.

The Pender County Sheriff's Office is searching for Melinda Sue Hull, 32, and her children, Gavin, 10, and Gracie, seven.

They were last spotted in Rocky Point by family members on Tuesday.

According to the Pender County Police, Melinda is approximately five-foot-nine and weighs around 180 pounds.

Authorities are asking anyone with information on their whereabouts to contact Detective Sergeant Lobel at the Pender County Sheriff's Office at 910-259-1515.

The news comes as the devastated parents of missing Summer Wells have released a tribute to their beloved little girl as her seventh birthday approaches this weekend.

The search for Summer, who was just five years old when she went missing, continues.

But unfortunately, there have still been no sightings of her after more than 19 months of pure agony for the family.

Dad Don has just been released from prison after a DUI arrest on October 30.

Meanwhile, mom Candus is undergoing treatment for a heart condition.

And their pain has only increased after their three sons were taken into care six weeks after Summer's disappearance from the family home in tiny Hawkins County.