The mother of North Carolina sixth-grader Madalina Cojocari told police she believed “her husband put their family in danger” — and the night he last saw her daughter, according to court documents. See, after a fight that night, he ran away from home.
The shocking allegations emerged on Wednesday as police again descended on Cornelius to search the family’s home – where officers had previously found an area cordoned off with plywood, according to WCNC,
It also came in the form of the FBI and local police issued a handwritten statement telling the family of the 11-year-old schoolgirl they were “devastated and completely broken” and “desperate to find her.”
“We love Madalina and are shocked by these circumstances. This is something that no child or family should ever have to endure,” the letter described a “beautiful, smart, kind, and loving 11-year-old girl with no hope in her future.” Said with greatness.
The family did not say who was behind the statement. Madalina is held by her mother Diana Cojocari (37) and stepfather Christopher Palmiter (60) both have been charged For failing to report his/her missing for at least 22 days.
According to an affidavit, during police interviews, Cojocari told detectives that on November 23 – the same night she last saw her daughter – she had argued with her husband. Retrieved by Queen City News.
Palmiter drove to live with family in Michigan, at least 550 miles and a nine-hour journey from his North Carolina home.
The mother said she saw her daughter going to her room at 10 p.m. that night, the report said, without elaborating whether this happened before or after Palmiter had left and the fight had ended.
She reportedly told police that it was more than 12 hours later on Thanksgiving morning that she realized her daughter was not home.
She waited three days before telling Palmiter that her stepdaughter was missing — and weeks before Madalina’s school admitted she didn’t know where the sixth-grader was.
When questioned, Kojokari told a detective that she believed “her husband put her family in danger” – and that she delayed reporting her daughter’s disappearance because she feared Was worried that this would harm their marriage.
The affidavit did not detail why she felt in danger, or if it was directly related to Madalena’s disappearance, the outlet noted.
The mother accepted, ignoring pleas from relatives in her native Moldova to call the police, reports said whether it was to report her husband, her missing daughter or both.
Despite her claims, Kojokari insisted in police interviews that she did not know where her daughter was, stressing that she had no friends or family in the area she could stay with, according to the outlets. he said.
Boats search the lake near the family home.
The police are still looking for the child.
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The FBI searches Cornelius Lake in search of 11-year-old Madalina.
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Earlier this week, the FBI released video footage Madalina was seen getting off a school bus on 21 November, insisting that this was her last confirmation, two days before her mother claimed she had last seen him.
The FBI said it hoped the video would spark witnesses “outside the family” who “could narrow down the exact timeline of her disappearance.”
Local police have asked local people to do the same “flooding in the field” With pictures showing “her precious face”.