Both the mother and the stepfather of an 11-year-old girl from Cornelius were arrested Saturday morning in connection to her disappearance, the Cornelius Police Department announced.
Cornelius police said it was asking for the public’s help to find Madalina Cojocari on Friday.
Cojocari’s parents initially reported her missing to the Bailey Middle School School Resource Officer where she attends school, police said. She was last seen at home on Nov. 23 and has not been seen since.
On Saturday, Cornelius police arrested Madalina’s mother, Diana Cojocari, for failure to report the disappearance of a child to law enforcement. Christopher Palmiter, the stepdad of Cojocari, was also arrested according to police.
WCNC Charlotte spoke with a former FBI agent who said the timeline of events is what is interesting. Madalina was last seen and reported missing 22 days apart.
“You would assume the school would ask after a few days, and now in the digital days, you get emails if the school is out of school for one day, so the parents knew immediately that the parents was not in school,” M. Quentin Williams said. #WakeUpCLT
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