Madalina Cojocari, who would be turning 13 next month, remains missing almost three years after she was last seen getting off a school bus in North Carolina.
Despite extensive search efforts, her whereabouts remain unknown, and disturbing new details surrounding her disappearance have come to light, thanks to newly unsealed warrants.
Madalina’s mother, Diana Cojocari, and her stepfather, Christopher Palmiter, have been under scrutiny since the 12-year-old vanished in November 2022.
Newly released search warrants, obtained, provide shocking insights into their actions during the crucial days following Madalina’s disappearance.
The warrants allege that Diana and Palmiter burnt Madalina’s belongings, including her mattress, clothing, Halloween costume, and family photos, in a fire pit located in their backyard.
The claim was made by Palmiter when authorities spoke to him at the family home. This troubling discovery points to the possibility that the couple tried to erase any trace of Madalina’s existence.
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Furthermore, the warrants reveal Diana made a series of unusual financial decisions shortly after her daughter went missing.
She sent a total of $4,000 to a priest in her home country of Moldova just days after Madalina’s disappearance.
Diana also reportedly told her mother that she had hidden a large bag of cash, although there was no mention of Madalina’s whereabouts in any of her calls.
The delay in reporting Madalina’s disappearance to authorities has only intensified suspicions. It wasn’t until three weeks after she was last seen that her school intervened, prompting Diana to address her daughter’s truancy.
This delay led to charges against both Diana and Palmiter for failing to report a missing child.
Diana and Palmiter’s actions have raised more questions than answers. While they’ve been arrested, served time, and then released, Madalina’s case remains unsolved, with no sign of her since that fateful day in November 2022.
