A lacking North Carolina mom who vanished in 2001 has been discovered alive, based on officers.
In a press release, the Rockingham County Sheriff’s Workplace introduced that Michelle Hundley Smith was situated someplace in North Carolina, including that the lady’s “present whereabouts will stay undisclosed” per her request.
The lady will not be in any hazard and doing effectively, police stated, including that her family members have been “notified that she has been situated and knowledgeable of this request as effectively.”
Smith, who’s now 62, was final seen leaving her Eden dwelling again on December 9, 2001. She reportedly instructed her husband she was going to a Kmart in Martinsville, Virginia, to do Christmas procuring on the time, however by no means returned.
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A proper lacking individual’s report was filed for the then 38-year-old mother, and “an intensive investigation was instantly launched,” the sheriff’s workplace stated in a press release.
“Over time, the case drew the eye and collaboration of a number of companies throughout North Carolina and Virginia, together with the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation (SBI), the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI),” reads the press assertion. “Regardless of numerous hours of investigative work and the pursuit of quite a few leads, Michelle Hundley Smith’s whereabouts remained unknown.”
The sheriff’s workplace by no means gave up on their search, which ended on Friday, February 20.
The sheriff’s workplace’s Prison Investigations Division “obtained new data concerning Michelle Hundley Smith and her disappearance” and “detectives instantly adopted up on the lead and started additional investigative efforts,” the assertion defined.
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Two detectives spoke along with her and confirmed her id. It doesn’t seem she is going through any felony prices.
“The Rockingham County Sheriff’s Workplace extends its honest gratitude to the numerous companies and investigators who devoted substantial time, assets, and unwavering dedication to this case over time,” the police assertion added.
“Their persistence and dedication finally led to the finding of Michelle Hundley Smith and is a testomony to the dedication of the Rockingham County Sheriff’s Workplace and the Prison Investigations Division, and the numerous different Regulation Enforcement companies which have assisted all through the years,” the assertion concluded.
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A Fb web page about Smith’s case, run by her daughter, Amanda Smiththanked “everybody for his or her help” however stated that “the private particulars will not be going to be dived into proper now.”
“I’ll say that my mom selected her new life, and we all know she is alive, and for now that’s sufficient. I can’t actually suppose straight proper now to make a heartfelt submit however once more,” Amanda wrote, including that she plans to rename the Fb web page now that her mom has been situated. As an alternative, Amanda will focus her efforts on highlighting different unsolved lacking individual’s instances.
“He believes she simply took off and left him, and us, that night time,” Amanda instructed NBC Information in 2020 of her father’s principle concerning her mom’s disappearance. “And I suppose that’s attainable. It’s onerous to rule out that she simply left all of us and began a brand new life. However there’s additionally one thing that nags at me, that one thing occurred to her on her manner again dwelling.”