Can you imagine your child going missing for over three weeks — and not reaching out to police in all that time?! 6th grader Madalina Cojocari was last seen in late November.
However, the 11-year-old wasn’t reported missing until 22 days later! And even then, it wasn’t to the police — by her stepfather, Christopher Palmiter, told her school!
According to a statement from Cornelius Police Department on Friday: Madalina was last seen at her home in North Carolina and as soon as her school was notified of her disappearance, the CPD got to work.
Eventually the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation and the FBI got involved in the search for the missing girl — and quickly they raised eyebrows at how Palmiter, 60, and the girl’s mother, Diana Cojocari, 37, failed to report her missing for so long. Related: Johnny Depp ‘Wasn’t Looking To Destroy’ Amber Heard In Settlement According to police records the parents were arrested on Saturday on charges of failure to report the disappearance of a child to law enforcement.
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