Unsealed search warrants reveal latest details in hunt for missing 11-year-old North Carolina girl

Unsealed search warrants are shedding new mild on the case of an 11-year-old North Carolina woman who has been lacking since November 2022.

Madalina Cojocari was reported lacking Dec. 15, however that was 22 days after her dad and mom mentioned they final noticed her.

The search warrants present that investigators seized objects — together with cellphones — from the household’s house between Dec. 16 and Dec. 30. Particular particulars on the objects seized had been redacted from the search warrants obtained by space ABC affiliate WSOC.

In one of many unsealed warrants, an investigator mentioned they had been searching for any proof that confirmed a kidnapping could have occurred. Neither of Cojocari’s dad and mom at present face kidnapping fees; proper now, they’re solely charged with failing to report the disappearance of a kid.

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The warrants state that investigators had been additionally searching for any organic proof, like blood or hair and even an merchandise that would have been used as a weapon.

On Monday, police revealed that they had been trying to find details about a Toyota Prius that Cojocari’s mom probably used whereas visiting a close-by county within the weeks following the woman’s disappearance.

The Cornelius Police Division on Friday launched a flyer with pictures of the woman, Madalina Cojocari, and her mom, Diana Cojocari, 37, who has been charged with a felony for allegedly not reporting her lacking.

The woman’s stepfather, Christopher Palmiter, 60, has additionally been charged. The newly launched flyer didn’t embody a picture of Palmiter.

The final confirmed public sighting of Madalina Cojocari was on Nov. 22, the FBI’s Charlotte bureau mentioned. Bureau investigators in December launched a video they mentioned confirmed the woman getting off a faculty bus at her regular cease in Cornelius, a suburb north of Charlotte.

Her mom reported her lacking at her college about three weeks later, on Dec. 15, after college officers repeatedly requested why she was absent, police mentioned.

The woman’s dad and mom “clearly” know greater than they’ve instructed investigators, Cornelius Police Capt. Jennifer Thompson mentioned in a video in late December.