A missing North Carolina girl’s grandmother appeared outside a courthouse and told reporters she believes her 12-year-old granddaughter was kidnapped and trafficked.
Madalina Cojocari was last seen at her Cornelius school in late November 2022, but her mother and stepfather – Diana Cojocari and Christopher Palmiter – did not report the then-11-year-old girl missing to police until Dec. 15 of that year. Last month, they both pled not guilty to failure to report a missing child to police, and Palmiter was released on bond.
Outside a Mecklenburg County courthouse, Diana’s mother, Rodica Cojocari, told WCNC with help from a translator that her “granddaughter is alive, but she’s been kidnapped.”
Rodica, who hails from Moldova, along with her daughter, proceeded to accuse her daughter’s husband of trafficking Diana and Madalina for $5 million.
“Chris Palmiter is the instrument,” Rodica told WCNC. “He stalked them for two years. [He] had no documents in his home. He stole their documents and held them in the home … like prisoners.”
The grandmother added, through tears, that she loves Diana and Madalina “very much” when asked if she had a message for the 12-year-old girl.
Police have given no indication that Madalina may have been trafficked.
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