NC NC - Madalina Cojocari, 11, reported Missing Dec 2022 three Weeks After Last Seen, Cornelius, *Parents Arrested* #2

[katydid23]

I am frustrated with the investigation. LE seems evasive about releasing information. I am expecting we will learn nothing at the Aug 17 hearing which will likely be pushed back again like all the other scheduled hearings.

Cases are being solved these days by DNA and digital evidence. Surely there is incriminating cell phone and computer data here too. People talk. Where are the witness statements? I doubt CP and DC are criminal masterminds with ablity to destroy all evidence. How long will they continue to be jailed on failure to report missing child?

"How long will they continue to be jailed on failure to report missing child?"

I worry they might be released at the next hearing, if there is no further evidence brought forward about her disappearance. And that is unacceptable, IMO, because she was in their care. There should not be such confusion, vagueness and hesitation about their stories concerning her whereabouts. Charge mom with criminal negligence if nothing else, for doing NOTHING about her missing young girl.

 

[OrangeCash]

"How long will they continue to be jailed on failure to report missing child?"

I worry they might be released at the next hearing, if there is no further evidence brought forward about her disappearance. And that is unacceptable, IMO, because she was in their care. There should not be such confusion, vagueness and hesitation about their stories concerning her whereabouts. Charge mom with criminal negligence if nothing else, for doing NOTHING about her missing young girl.

I feel like they absolutely should not be released but if they are I hope LE bugs and monitors every move they make, reads every email, text and message they send, listens to every phone call, logs every single swipe they make on their phones. But I only see that as beneficial if MC is still alive, if she isn't then I'm afraid all hope is lost. If MC is alive and they're released, DC will surely reach out in some way to check she is okay, which would then give LE a lead. If MC isn't alive and DC and CP are released, they simply have continue to keep their mouths shut, as LE obviously doesn't have the evidence needed to charge them unless they give it up themselves

 

[Lawnguylander1964]

I keep going back to why they haven't made bail. They own a house. Surely it's enough to use to cover both their bail amounts.

Then there's the differences in bail amounts and conditions. Her bail is higher than his. In looking up their bail amounts just now, I noticed it says "both parents" have ties to Moldova. I thought it was just DC. And that he has to wear an ankle bracelet if he makes bail but not her.

It just seems strange. But this case is strange.

 

[Windy*]

If you follow the evidence that we have been given so far. MC went missing while in DC care (CP went to MI), DC confirmed sighting in Madison Co. Dec 4-5. DC didn't call CP while in MI to find out about MC until he returned home (what Mother would wait a few days). Dec 2, DC made several calls to OC, search warrant said ( she was in the Prescence of a missing child). Somewhat confirmed sighting in Sugar Mtn. Nothing so far points to CP. IMO I think CP was putting the family in danger by considered selling or threatened that they would take MC to pay off drug dealers. A person that knows CP and DC said he mostly drove the Prius maybe that was the car they used when transporting drugs. IMO I think DC was trying to pin MC disappearance on CP, she wanted out and wanted MC safe. DC and her Mother went to OC for help. MC is safely out of the way. Maybe there will be some drug charges to keep both in jail longer, we know that DC was already charged with drugs in jail. I believe DC is a good Mother and will stay as long as they keep her in jail to protect her daughter.

 

[Observant-ADHD-ENFP-BSc]

I’m scratching my head over the timeline and what LE’s plan is. If the December 16 sightings were of OC and Madalina then why hasn’t he been arrested for kidnapping or trafficking? Or at least for obstruction? Instead LE questioned him then released him. Where did Madalina go? Why hasn’t the video been released?

The last official confirmed sighting of Madalina is still the November 21 school bus video. Diana claims she last saw her on November 23. What happened between then and December 16 and why did Diana text that Madalina with her on December 3? And what was the purpose of the November 30 backyard cushions fire?

Diana’s bond is 250k and CP’s is 200k. Bags of money but neither have bonded out. We’re still missing a boatload of information so maybe all will become clearer soon.

Mother of Madalina Cojocari Travelled to Appalachian Mountains After Daughter's Disappearance: Police

There is also new information about what detectives discovered when visiting the home where 11-year-old Madalina Cojocari lived with her mother and stepfather, Christopher Palmiter.

www.insideedition.com

Unsealed records reveal theory on Madalina Cojocari disappearance

Newly unsealed court documents reveal what may have happened to missing Cornelius girl Madalina Cojocari, as this case enters month eight.

www.qcnews.com

Surveillance photo of girl in NC mountains was 'physically consistent' with Madalina Cojocari, warrants show

During a recorded jail phone call, Diana Cojocari discussed a big bag of money and floated a theory Madalina was possibly given away for cash, court documents show.

www.wcnc.com

I am a little behind, but from the beginning, I have said that DC disappeared MC from the state or country because of some dodgy business CP was into. He owed money (explaining the financial stuff coming up that the brother-in-law told him not to worry about), and they had been threatened. Then DC was scared for MC and smuggled her away and is most likely still scared of the debt collectors, which is why she is staying stum. This can also explain why LE is acting how they are over this case. It's likely that traffickers were used to move MC, and it is likely that if LE blow the cover right off the traffickers, innocent people messed up in it could get hurt. IMO, I think they know more than they want to say, but there is a good reason for it, and it is to keep innocent people (including MC) alive.
I know full well I could be way, way off track, and MC may not even be with us, but since the very beginning, I have felt this wasn't a normal missing child case and that MC was still alive and that her mother knew that. There is so much more I could say as to DC family and even CP family.
This is all very much MOO.
As I said, I am behind, so if there are any major updates, I haven't seen them yet. I apologize.

 

[Observant-ADHD-ENFP-BSc]

LE released the CALI sighting and some of the search warrants and video sightings of OC and MC. Why did they release just this, there has to be a reason. I remember seeing somewhere that DC stayed with her brother near Asheville when she first came to the US, does anyone recall this? I believe his name is Andrei Cojocari. There is a person with this name and he has a trucking business ran from his home. Also OC has a business in FL called Com Incorporated but there is really no information on it. I still think DC is staying quiet because she knows MC is safe. Please keep Madalina in your prayers she need's all the help she can get.

RBBM.
You hit the nail on the head. This is what I have thought all along and I still do.
She has no reason to say anything because she knows MC is safe but I think she knows that she is actually safer in prison herself.
JMO

 

[Observant-ADHD-ENFP-BSc]

All? All sightings?

I think they're trying to protect their investigation.

Until or unless I'm forced to believe otherwise, I think Madalina was about to be sold, perhaps there was a double cross where the money was received but the transaction was not completed. I think we're going to learn that Madalina is a Solomon's baby and her mother saved her from a dreadful fate, at great peril to herself. Aware of a plan to sell my child, I can imagine how far I'd go... especially if I thought going to the police wasn't safe.

The plan may have hit an obstacle, however, if the uncle wasn't able to get Madalina out of the country as planned.

IMO Madalina knows the danger she is in, and that is a flight of survival.

I have theories about how, but I think she has left the country.

And her mother will accept whatever sentence or hardship, remaining silent.

Movie plot, I know, but to me, it's credible.

JMO

Thank you for saying this.
I said a few months back that I don't think MC is even in the country anymore but that she is alive.
Where was is her birth father lived? She could be there.
But I think LE know this or have accounted for it, or most likely are hitting red-tape with international relations.

 

[Observant-ADHD-ENFP-BSc]

I only have a theory.

That he was messed up in some dangerous stuff and was going to leverage a child. I think the mother became aware, wanted to leave with the child but either wasn't able to or feared the legal implications of that, which might put the daughter back in harm's way.

I think they are each not talking -- but for different reasons. IMO he's not going to volunteer anything.

I think she had a mastermind a plan, perhaps not sure who she could trust, and certainly without alerting him. The bag of money, either she squirreled that away to pay for escape or it was money, in exchange for the girl, only the girl wasn't exchanged. A double double-cross.

I know that I've tripped now into fantasy but, that M has been seen with her uncle, gives me new eyes. Perhaps he was holding out somewhere, waiting for the mother to ascend, to join them, but she couldn't find a safe way out from there, not without jeopardize M's location.

For this to work, one has to assume there are agents more powerful than LE... which might be a flight of fantasy to far for some. I get that.

But instead, if you imagine a mother trying to save her child from powerful forces (drugs, debt, trafficking), and she has to do it without being caught by him, it isn't completely crazy.

He may not know where M is because he believes she was sold and he's responsible. And she's not talking because it's the only way to keep M safe, even if she never sees her again.

I admit fully the bias is showing.

Drug possession in jail? That doesn't look good. On the mother. But drugs are currency in jail. Perhaps she needed currency to get something else, like access to a phone.

I don't think she knows where M is. I think she trusts OC implicitly. I mean she has to. He's M's only chance.

I would give up my daughter if I knew if would protect her, especially if I knew I couldn't protect her any other way.

I think she was undergrounded out of the country. And is safe there. Ideal? Of course not. But a fate a million times better than being sold.

If the title of this thread was 11 year old sold and sex trafficked, there'd be little hope of her being found, alive or safe.

JMO

Much better worded than I have tried to say in the past.
JMO but I think its a debt that was to be paid off. Either a threat was given or CP agreed to the debt being wiped for payment of MC. Something along those lines.

 

[Observant-ADHD-ENFP-BSc]

If you follow the evidence that we have been given so far. MC went missing while in DC care (CP went to MI), DC confirmed sighting in Madison Co. Dec 4-5. DC didn't call CP while in MI to find out about MC until he returned home (what Mother would wait a few days). Dec 2, DC made several calls to OC, search warrant said ( she was in the Prescence of a missing child). Somewhat confirmed sighting in Sugar Mtn. Nothing so far points to CP. IMO I think CP was putting the family in danger by considered selling or threatened that they would take MC to pay off drug dealers. A person that knows CP and DC said he mostly drove the Prius maybe that was the car they used when transporting drugs. IMO I think DC was trying to pin MC disappearance on CP, she wanted out and wanted MC safe. DC and her Mother went to OC for help. MC is safely out of the way. Maybe there will be some drug charges to keep both in jail longer, we know that DC was already charged with drugs in jail. I believe DC is a good Mother and will stay as long as they keep her in jail to protect her daughter.

My thoughts almost exactly.

 

[Sjöberg]

Normally, I would think that this is a case of a child killed at the hands of a parent or parents, most likely at the hands of the step-father and there were several sentences in the story that hinted at domestic abuse, such as DC not being allowed to call family in Moldova ("Although he said the mother and daughter seemed happy, Victor claimed Diana could only call when her husband was out of the house. Palmiter was reportedly against her staying in touch with her Moldovan relatives." source) and whatever was the actual purpose of the built-in secret area in the kitchen ("Inside the property, officials found a secret area in the kitchen blocked off with plywood, according to court documents." source)

But these crimes usually are rather sloppy and obvious and there is evidence (what about the burning of cushions, though?). This one is starting to feel like the poor girl really might be alive and with someone. Then again, there is very little reported evidence of that, either - I would expect more CCTV, descriptions of a car, stuff like that.

I somewhat hope the narrative or the mum getting her into hiding is true and that she is currently just having some lemonade in someones remote country house. Or that she has been somehow moved back to Europe, like probably spending her time somewhere in Romania (the countries share the native language, as they used to be one country).

 

[Kemug]

I have been thinking about whether DC loved her daughter or not. And I have concluded that she truly does/did. I think that if she didn't, then she would have left Madalina in her home country with her grandmother when she moved to the US and married CP. That would have been acceptable to most people i think, on the grounds of "making a fresh start". And would not have meant cutting off contact, or never seeing her again. But DC took Madalina to the US with her, because she loved her, IMO. So it follows that DC's recent actions are all about protecting her daughter. IMO

 

[SherryLock]

JMO of course but my feeling is that MC is deceased. The parents were in an argument, and then MC disappeared and neither reported it, with both parents claiming they don't know what happened.

It sounds to me so much like the stories with couples, where they get into an argument and then the deceased spouse supposedly left the house and is never seen again.

The theory of MC being handed over to smugglers for her own good sounds to me more like DC just trying to throw off investigators. I don't see any solid or imo likely reason why DC would have handed her young daughter over to criminals rather than just put her on a commercial flight, if she cared about her daughter and wanted to send her to relatives in Moldova or elsewhere for her own safety. And of course DC would be hugely motivated to provide an "alternative" possibility, since she's otherwise facing life in prison. I don't buy it. MOO

 

[Mert]

JMO of course but my feeling is that MC is deceased. The parents were in an argument, and then MC disappeared and neither reported it, with both parents claiming they don't know what happened.

It sounds to me so much like the stories with couples, where they get into an argument and then the deceased spouse supposedly left the house and is never seen again.

The theory of MC being handed over to smugglers for her own good sounds to me more like DC just trying to throw off investigators. I don't see any solid or imo likely reason why DC would have handed her young daughter over to criminals rather than just put her on a commercial flight, if she cared about her daughter and wanted to send her to relatives in Moldova or elsewhere for her own safety. And of course DC would be hugely motivated to provide an "alternative" possibility, since she's otherwise facing life in prison. I don't buy it. MOO

I agree, sadly.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Two drug charges filed against the mother of missing Cornelius girl Madalina Cojocari have been dismissed, court documents reveal.
North Carolina Superior Court documents filed in Mecklenburg County obtained by WCNC Charlotte show that charges against Diana Cojocari for possession of cocaine and fentanyl while in jail were dismissed on July 6. The charges were dismissed due to insufficient evidence to prosecute Cojocari, the documents say.

Drug charges against Madalina Cojocari's mother dismissed due to insufficient evidence

Court documents show that two drug charges against the mother of missing Cornelius girl Madalina Cojocari have been dismissed.

www.wcnc.com

 

[Chelly]

JMO of course but my feeling is that MC is deceased. The parents were in an argument, and then MC disappeared and neither reported it, with both parents claiming they don't know what happened.

It sounds to me so much like the stories with couples, where they get into an argument and then the deceased spouse supposedly left the house and is never seen again.

The theory of MC being handed over to smugglers for her own good sounds to me more like DC just trying to throw off investigators. I don't see any solid or imo likely reason why DC would have handed her young daughter over to criminals rather than just put her on a commercial flight, if she cared about her daughter and wanted to send her to relatives in Moldova or elsewhere for her own safety. And of course DC would be hugely motivated to provide an "alternative" possibility, since she's otherwise facing life in prison. I don't buy it. MOO

I don't buy it either. I believe the parents' hints of smuggling are a diversion to convince police to focus their investigation away from what really happened to Madalina.

 

[Chelly]

Two drug charges filed against the mother of missing Cornelius girl Madalina Cojocari have been dismissed, court documents reveal.
North Carolina Superior Court documents filed in Mecklenburg County obtained by WCNC Charlotte show that charges against Diana Cojocari for possession of cocaine and fentanyl while in jail were dismissed on July 6. The charges were dismissed due to insufficient evidence to prosecute Cojocari, the documents say.

Drug charges against Madalina Cojocari's mother dismissed due to insufficient evidence

Court documents show that two drug charges against the mother of missing Cornelius girl Madalina Cojocari have been dismissed.

www.wcnc.com

So very interesting.
The charge stemmed from a search that took place in March, upon which Diana Cojocari was found with a baggie of white powder in her shirt pocket.
A test concluded that the powder was a cocaine and fentanyl-based substance. However, Diana Cojocari claimed she found the bag of drugs in the shower.

Drug charge against Madalina Cojocari’s mother dropped by DA

The charge stemmed from a search that took place in March, upon which Diana Cojocari was found with a baggie of white powder in her shirt pocket.

www.wsoctv.com

 

[imstilla.grandma]

*December charge

Now the mother: Madalina's mom arrested for failing to report missing child | Cornelius Today

Dec. 17. Hours after her husband was arrested for failing to report the disappearance of a child, the mother of a missing girl was also arrested under the same charges. Cornelius Police have arrested Diana Cojocari, the 37-year-old mother of Madalina Cojocari, 11, who was last seen in Cornelius...

www.corneliustoday.com

*April 2023:

Missing Madalina: 'Our goal is to find her' | Cornelius Today

April 12. By Dave Yochum. The occasion was Madalina’s 12th birthday but it was a sad one because the Cornelius girl has not been seen since November. Cornelius Police, led by Chief David Baucom, utilized her birthday to continue to keep Madalina Cojocari front and center in hopes that there will...

www.corneliustoday.com

 

[MsMarple]

I don't buy it either. I believe the parents' hints of smuggling are a diversion to convince police to focus their investigation away from what really happened to Madalina.

Speaking of diversions, I find it curious that while DC was allegedly searching for Madalina on December 3 she decided to stop in Hickory for an oil change. Why?

IMO either DC’s car broke down because it needed an oil change or DC wanted to establish a witness to her whereabouts on that date. And I strongly believe the second option.

DC allegedly had Madalina with her the day before- only from DC’s own texts, no proof whatsoever that Madalina was with her. Then according to the warrants DC was out searching for Madalina the next day and Oh, stopped for an oil change too.

Makes no sense. The only proven sighting of Madalina remains the school bus CCTV on November 21 and that’s straight from LE. Anything that occurred after that date comes from the parents who are not trustworthy.

MOO

Warrants: Madalina Cojocari’s mother theorized she was sold for cash

Investigators also placed an informant in the same housing pod as Madalina's stepfather.

www.wsoctv.com

 

[Chelly]

Speaking of diversions, I find it curious that while DC was allegedly searching for Madalina on December 3 she decided to stop in Hickory for an oil change. Why?

IMO either DC’s car broke down because it needed an oil change or DC wanted to establish a witness to her whereabouts on that date. And I strongly believe the second option.

DC allegedly had Madalina with her the day before- only from DC’s own texts, no proof whatsoever that Madalina was with her. Then according to the warrants DC was out searching for Madalina the next day and Oh, stopped for an oil change too.

Makes no sense. The only proven sighting of Madalina remains the school bus CCTV on November 21 and that’s straight from LE. Anything that occurred after that date comes from the parents who are not trustworthy.

MOO

Warrants: Madalina Cojocari’s mother theorized she was sold for cash

Investigators also placed an informant in the same housing pod as Madalina's stepfather.

www.wsoctv.com

@MsMarple I laughed out loud when I first read of that oil change.

My thought was.....Hummm, Early December, DC is driving around northern N.C. either looking for her daughter, or looking for a guy to smuggle her daughter. Then, figures what the heck, she may as well get her oil changed while she was at it.

 

[Windy*]

IMO maybe the drug charges were dropped because DC is cooperating with LE. It was first stated that DC called OC to smuggle MC on Dec 2, now it also states that on Dec 2, DC was in the presence of a missing child, as of Dec 2 the only one in the USA that knew MC was missing was CP, MC was not reported missing until Dec 15. On Dec 16 Sugar Mountain LE reveals a photo consistent with OC and MC. I am sure the missing child info went out to all LE on Dec 15, when MC was reported missing but Sugar Mountain LE told Corneluis LE about the photo how did SM LE know about OC then when the investigation was just starting, unless OC was already being investigated? It doesn't give a date when the SM photo was taken, but also LE never released that info until recently. Maybe it will end up that OC, DC and CP were all being investigated. IMO I think DC was trying to set up CP to take the fall and get him out of the way.