Act Daily News
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Authorities in North Carolina have launched a college bus surveillance video they are saying reveals lacking 11-year-old Madalina Cojocari simply days earlier than her mom and stepfather mentioned they final noticed her.
“Today, we are releasing surveillance video from her school bus as Madalina got off at her stop on November 21, 2022, at 4:59 p.m.,” a Tuesday assertion from the Cornelius Police Department mentioned. “This is the last time we have independent confirmation of when she was last seen.”
The video was taken two days earlier than November 23 – the day her mom and stepfather say they final noticed Madalina.
Police mentioned her dad and mom waited till December 15 to report her lacking to a college useful resource officer at Bailey Middle School, the place Madalina is a scholar.
Madalina’s mom Diana Cojocari, 37, and her stepfather Christopher Palmiter, 60, have been arrested Saturday for failure to report the disappearance of a kid to regulation enforcement, police mentioned. Both are being held on the Mecklenburg County Detention Center, in keeping with information.
“We are seeking additional witnesses outside of the family to narrow down the exact timeline of when she disappeared,” a press release from Cornelius police added.
Madalina was final seen carrying denims; pink, purple and white Adidas sneakers and a white T-shirt and jacket, authorities mentioned. The FBI described her as 4 ft 10 inches tall and weighing 90 kilos. A photograph launched to the general public reveals a smiling lady carrying a shirt that reads, “I can change the world with love.”
Act Daily News has tried to contact Cojocari and Palmiter for remark. A spokesperson for a regulation agency representing Palmiter mentioned they have been unable to remark right now.
Cornelius is round 20 miles north of Charlotte.