NC police release new photo of missing girl Madalina Cojocari on her 14th birthday

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – North Carolina constabulary connected Friday released an age-progression photograph of missing Cornelius miss Madalina Cojocari, who was 11 years aged erstwhile she vanished from her location successful November 2022, connected her 14th birthday.

Her disappearance remains unsolved to this day, and her parents — the superior suspects antecedently charged successful transportation with her disappearance — person since been released from jail. Her mother, Diana Cojocari, fled the state pursuing her release.

"Madalina's probe began successful December of 2022," Cornelius Police Department Chief David Baucom said successful a Friday video posted to the Department's Facebook page. "Madalina was past seen getting disconnected her schoolhouse autobus connected Nov. 21, 2022. Today marks Madalina's 14th birthday."

"We privation Madalina and this assemblage to cognize that we are committed to solving this case. Our committedness has ne'er wavered, and we volition not halt until we find Madalina," Baucom continued.

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Missing North Carolina miss Madalina Cojocari, who was 11 years aged erstwhile she disappeared successful 2022, would beryllium 14 years aged today. (North Carolina SBI/ NCMEC)

The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children created the age-progression photograph released Friday.

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Authorities noted that determination is simply a $25,000 reward being offered for accusation starring to the apprehension of the idiosyncratic oregon persons liable for Madalina's disappearance.

Despite the information that Madalina was past seen successful nationalist connected Nov. 21, 2022, getting disconnected a schoolhouse bus, her parent and stepfather, Christopher Palmiter, did not study her missing until Dec. 15, 2022, contempt telling constabulary the past clip they saw their girl was astatine location the evening of Nov. 23, 202.

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Diana told schoolhouse officials and Cornelius constabulary she hadn't seen her daughter, a sixth-grader astatine Bailey Middle School who was calved successful Moldova, since she went to her chamber connected Nov. 23, 2022, astir 10 p.m. aft she and Palmiter got into an argument, tribunal documents state.

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Palmiter said that connected Nov. 24, 2022, helium drove to his relatives' location successful Michigan "to retrieve immoderate items" aft an statement with his wife. Diana seemingly went into her daughter's country astir 11:30 that greeting and discovered the 11-year-old was gone, according to an affidavit.

In December, authorities arrested and charged the 11-year-old's parents, Diana Cojocari and Christopher Palmiter, with nonaccomplishment to study a missing kid to instrumentality enforcement aft Madalina's disappearance from her hometown successful Cornelius, which is conscionable northbound of Charlotte, astir Nov. 23, 2022. (Mecklenburg County Detention Center)

When Palmiter returned location to Cornelius connected Nov. 26, Diana seemingly asked him wherever their girl was. Palmiter asked her the aforesaid question successful return, the affidavit states.

Police did not find retired astir Madalina's disappearance until a schoolhouse truancy study from the 11-year-old's mediate school.

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Bailey Middle School assets officers, on with a schoolhouse counselor, attempted a location sojourn astatine the Cojocari code connected Dec. 12 aft Madalina had not shown up for schoolhouse since Nov. 21. No 1 answered the door, and the schoolhouse counsellor near a truancy bundle astatine the home.

Madalina Cojocari was past seen successful Cornelius, North Carolina, connected Nov. 21, 2022. (Google Maps/ Charlotte FBI)

Diana and Palmiter were arrested and charged with failing to study a missing kid successful 2022. 

Diana pleaded blameworthy successful May 2024 aft spending respective months successful jailhouse and authorities released her.

A Mecklenburg County assemblage recovered Palmiter blameworthy of nonaccomplishment to study a missing kid to instrumentality enforcement connected May 31, 2024, aft a weeklong trial, and helium was sentenced to 30 months of supervised probation.

Madalina Cojocari of Cornelius, North Carolina, was past seen astir Nov. 23. (Cornelius Police Department)

Palmiter past filed for divorce, which was conscionable formalized successful March of this year.

In precocious June 2024, Cornelius constabulary named Diana arsenic the premier fishy successful Madalina's disappearance, but she had already near the United States, apt for Moldova, by that point.

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"She yet near the country," Baucom antecedently told Fox News Digital successful an interrogation past year. 'I bash not cognize the nonstop day that she near the country," Baucom said, adding aboriginal that determination were nary restrictions that could person prevented her from fleeing America.

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Baucom noted that erstwhile Diana was initially arrested successful 2022, "[s]he was charged with and served clip for the lone complaint that we could prolong during the archetypal portion of the investigation."

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Police were capable to get successful interaction with Diana portion she was inactive successful Cornelius aft her release, but officials person since mislaid way of her nonstop whereabouts and person reached retired to national authorities for assistance tracking her down overseas.

Diana was surviving successful the United States connected a greenish card. Baucom said past twelvemonth that based connected their probe up until that point, Cornelius constabulary bash not judge Madalina ever near the United States, though they are not dismissing immoderate possibilities.

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Search warrants successful the lawsuit suggest Diana and her parent contacted a distant comparative asking if helium would assistance successful "smuggling" Diana and Madalina from their Cornelius location earlier Madalina disappeared, according to telephone records obtained by the Cornelius Police Department.

Authorities are asking anyone with accusation astir Madalina's whereabouts to interaction the CPD astatine 704-892-7773.