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Mom of 3 who vanished 24 years ago while Christmas shopping found ‘alive and well,’ authorities say
Michelle Hundley Smith was found alive after 24 years following a tip; authorities respect her request to keep her location private and are reviewing the case.
- A national database alert led investigators to locate Michele Hundley Smith on February 20, after she was found alive and safe, authorities said.
- Reported missing in December 2001, Michele Hundley Smith left her Eden home to shop in Martinsville and told authorities she left due to an ongoing domestic dispute.
- The long-running inquiry involved the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation, the FBI, and the DEA, which conducted targeted searches of wooded areas and bodies of water along Smith's route.
- Officials plan to serve the outstanding warrant, including a November 2001 DWI and a late-December Failure to Appear arrest order, according to court records.
- Her daughter Amanda Smith thanked law enforcement and asked the public to respect her family's privacy, as Smith requested that her whereabouts remain private.
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A North Carolina woman who disappeared on a Christmas shopping trip in 2001 has been found alive after nearly 25 years. However, she does not want her family to know where she is, bringing a decades-long search to an unexpected and painful end for her loved ones. According to NBC News, Michele Hundley Smith was 38 years old when she disappeared on December 9, 2001. She had left her Rockingham County home after 8:00 PM to go Christmas shopping in…
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