Mother of three who disappeared days before Christmas 2001 resurfaces 24 years later after leaving children behind to begin new life
Gossip • 3d ago
A woman who vanished more than two decades ago has been found alive and well and was seen publicly for the first time in 24 years after being arrested in connection with an outstanding 2001 DUI charge.
Michele Hundley Smith was 38 when she left her home in Eden, North Carolina, to go Christmas shopping across the border in Martinsville, Virginia, on December 9, 2001.
She never came back, but last week she was found in North Carolina, at an address she asked police not to disclose to anyone – even her anguished family.
Authorities confirmed this week that she had been located living under a different identity in another state.
Her discovery reportedly came after law enforcement officers flagged her information during a routine records check, which revealed an unresolved driving unde...