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Missing mother found after 24 years said she left due to domestic issues
Michelle Hundley Smith left due to ongoing domestic issues, and authorities will consider possible abandonment charges after locating her 24 years later in North Carolina.
- On Friday, the Rockingham County Sheriff's Office confirmed that Michelle Hundley Smith was found alive in North Carolina after detectives made face-to-face contact and notified her family.
- Sheriff Sam Page said Smith told detectives she left due to ongoing domestic issues and left behind her three children and husband on Dec. 9, 2001, about 17 miles away at a Kmart in Martinsville.
- This past week, officials said a new lead on Feb. 19 prompted detectives to locate Smith this month after decades of FBI, DEA and North Carolina SBI work; deputies confirmed Smith is safe with no allegations of foul play.
- The Rockingham County Sheriff's Office said the case will be referred to the district attorney to consider possible charges, though no action has been taken so far, after Amanda Smith issued a statement Monday describing the weekend as 'emotionally draining and surprising' and asking for privacy.
- Her public reflections acknowledged why someone might "take off" while insisting on accountability, leaving unresolved family questions about rebuilding relationships.
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On Friday, February 20, the local authorities in North Carolina announced that Michele Hundley Smith, a 62-year-old American woman, had been found. She had disappeared on December 9, 2001, and asked that her location remain secret and not be communicated to her family. - A mother disappeared in 2001, the police found her after intense research... she had re-established her life (International).
North Carolina mom of three who vanished 24 years ago reveals why she ditched family
Michele Lyn Hundley Smith, a North Carolina mom of three who vanished more than two decades ago, ditched her family because of “ongoing domestic issues,” she told law enforcement after finally being tracked down.
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