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Missing Mom Found Alive After 25 Years!
23 Feb
Summary
- Woman missing for 25 years has been found alive and well.
- She disappeared after a Kmart shopping trip in 2001.
- Her family has been notified but her current location is private.
Michelle Hundley Smith, who vanished almost 25 years ago, has been located alive and well by authorities in North Carolina. The Rockingham County Sheriff's Office announced on February 20 that detectives received new information leading them to Smith, now 62.
Smith was 38 years old when she was reported missing by her husband in December 2001. She had last been seen heading to a Kmart in Martinsville, Virginia, for Christmas shopping. Numerous agencies, including the FBI, searched for her extensively but without success.
Her daughter shared that their mother was caring and present in their lives, and a missing person's flyer from the time stated she would not leave her children willingly. While her current whereabouts remain undisclosed, her family has been informed. No charges are expected.
The discovery has brought a complex mix of emotions for her children, who had long hoped for her return but also grapple with the decades of absence and unanswered questions about her disappearance and why she did not make contact.
