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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 was found alive in North Carolina after 24 years, with no foul play suspected, officials said.

  • After a Feb. 19 lead, detectives contacted Michelle Hundley Smith, 62, in North Carolina, and she was found alive and well, officials said on Friday.
  • Her family reported her missing in 2001 after she left her Eden home on Dec. 9 to go Christmas shopping at a Martinsville, Virginia Kmart about 17 miles away.
  • Smith told authorities she left due to ongoing domestic issues but did not elaborate, according to Sheriff Sam Page, who said there are no allegations of foul play.
  • Family members were informed and officials said Smith's family was notified and at her request her current whereabouts will remain undisclosed, with deputies saying she is safe; the case will be referred to the district attorney's office to determine possible charges.
  • Despite decades of investigation involving the FBI, DEA and North Carolina SBI, Smith's whereabouts remained unknown until this month, and Amanda Smith called the weekend emotionally draining, saying, `I am ecstatic, I am pissed, I am heartbroken`.
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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).

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Missing mother found after 24 years said she left due to domestic issues

New details have been released about the North Carolina mother found 'alive and well' 24 years after she disappeared while Christmas shopping.

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