Police searching for 11-year-old Madalina Cojocari, missing in North Carolina, are asking the public Friday for more information about her mother and a Toyota Prius.
Cojocari has been missing for 46 days as of Friday. She was last seen on video getting off a school bus with other children on November 21 at her home in the upscale Charlotte suburb of Cornelius.
“One of the family members was in the Madison County area of North Carolina,” the Cornelius Police Department said on Twitter. “We are seeking firsthand witness information from anyone who has seen this Toyota Prius or a white female in the area between the dates of November 22, 2022 to December 15, 2022.”
The statements were published along with images of Cojocari’s mother, Diana.
MADALINA COJOCARI: MOTHER OF MISSING NORTH CAROLINA GIRL, STEP-FATHER CHARGED UNDER STATUTE IN POST CASEY ANTHONY CASE
Images released Friday by the Cornelius Police Department in the search for Madalina Cojocari.
(Cornelius Police Department)
Madison County is just over two hours from Cornelius by car.
Diana Cojocari, 37, and the girl’s stepfather, Christopher Palmiter, 60, were indicted Tuesday by a grand jury for failing to report a missing girl to authorities.
NORTH CAROLINA POLICE REQUESTS TIPS FOR COJOCARI
Madalina Cojocari, 11, missing, is shown on camera getting off a school bus at 5 pm on November 21, 2022.
(Twitter/@FBICharlotte)
In the Cojocari case, a school resource officer and a counselor tried several times to contact the mother of the sixth grader about the extended absences, and the woman finally agreed to drive her daughter to school. Instead, she showed up alone on December 15, according to Cornelius Police Captain Jennifer Thompson.
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Cornelius police arrested stepfather Christopher Palmiter, 60, and mother Diana Cojocari for failing to report missing 11-year-old Madalina Cojocari.
(Mecklenburg County Detention Center)
That’s when the parents admitted they hadn’t seen the girl for three weeks since Nov. 23, according to the FBI. Palmiter reportedly made a trip to Michigan to visit her family around the same time.
The mother and stepfather remain in custody on $250,000 and $200,000 bonds, respectively, but a judge ordered the parents to surrender their passports if released.
