NC NC - Madalina Cojocari, 11, parents reported missing Dec 15, last seen at home, Cornelius, 23 Nov 2022

[Parsnip]

Has there been any mention of Madalina's bio dad?

Folks here have been wondering about him, but there’s been nothing in MSM about him, iirc. Presumably, he is still in Moldova. DC’s father is the only family member who has spoken to the press afaik. By DC’s report, she has no family locally.

ETA sources:

Grandfather interviewed: Ce declară bunelul fetiței dispărute în SUA. Pe cine crede el vinovat

DC has no family locally:

Husband put ‘family in danger,’ missing North Carolina girl’s mother told detective

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) – New details obtained by Queen City News show the mother of missing 11-year-old Madalina Cojocari believed her husband put the family in danger. Following a…

myfox8.com

 

[mooseandcoffee]

This is nothing to do with the missing child's mother. This is about what the child was wearing, and why she appeared underdressed, compared to other children, in the last school bus video of her.

Good choices means an 11 year old knows how to dress for the weather. Other children putting on a sweater or hoodie makes the missing child stand out ... but maybe she lost her hoodie, didn't want to carry her hoodie, didn't like the feel like wearing her hoodie ... so many excuses, no explanations.

Again as someone who teaches and also has high schoolers, this is not uncommon. No one is making excuses, but using that video as proof of negligence is silly. Someone else posted that the weather that day was also mild.

 

[Parsnip]

It makes sense to me that people would look for signs of neglect, given the parents’ glaring seeming lack of care about her absence for three weeks. It’s confounding that there doesn’t seem to be any sign…LE has released nothing about prior concerns, reports about the family. No neighbors have spoken up about noisy arguments, etc. Of course absence of info does not mean neglect did not happen.

In the absence of any other sign, I can see where the bus video would seem suggestive because it would validate some sort of logical pattern. But many parents/teachers/locals have voiced that there are perfectly normal reasons for M to be dressed differently on the bus video. Having worked in schools for a long time and raised children, I agree.

MOO

 

[StarryStarryNight]

This is all so baffling. I don’t even know how LE is having interviews with these people. They seem to equate this child with a piece of furniture or something.
”So…where is the end table in the bedroom? I haven’t seen it since I got back a couple of days ago.”
”Oh, I thought you had it. HaHa, are you hiding it from me?”
”Of course not. We were supposed to take it to get it refinished, remember. I guess we won’t now.”
”Oh, I remember that. The furniture people keep calling every day asking about it. They are so annoying.”
”I’ll just go down there and explain to them we can’t bring it in because we don’t know where it is.”
”Good. That should should stop those annoying calls.”

 

[SkipperKey3]

Missing child. Each parent asked the other where the child is (e.g.: hiding) ... for weeks? So much speculation on whether the mother has a language or cultural barrier. Does the father have a cultural barrier?

How could two parents act as though they know nothing while the mother's child is missing. If the mother is a victim, incarcerating her husband cleared that obstacle. Does she believe that other people can act on his behalf to harm her if she says something even when he is under watch of police?

Would this woman take her eyes off her child? ... to not know where the child is between school and home life, without proper clothing for the weather (school bus video)? Is she a neglectful mother, or a woman afraid to lose USA citizenship opportunities (is that an issue) while her child is missing? I'm not buying the Romanian (aka Gypsy) cultural barrier. Romanians/Gypsies care for their children.

Something is very unusual. She is in her 30s, he is 60? An arranged marriage from the USSR ... errrr Russia ... in the USA, he has her citizenship as leverage, she has a little girl ... what's his story with little girls?

There is some discrepancy about his age. His picture doesn't look like he is 60. One report this morning in MSM said that he was 40, not 60.

MSN

 

[legalmomma]

In my view, he admitted he doesn't care a whit about his stepdaughter with that "well I didn't see her for a week before I left" claim.

This stance by CP could bolster a defense to the charge of failure to report. I wondered how Caylee's Law applied to step parents and looked up the statute.

Section 14-318.5 - Failure to report the disappearance of a child to law enforcement; immunity of person reporting in good faith, N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-318.5 | Casetext Search + Citator

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The statute states: When the parent or other person providing supervision of a child does not know the location of the child and has not had contact with the child for a 24-hour period... [emphasis added]

and A parent or any other person providing care to or supervision of a child who knowingly or wantonly fails to report the disappearance of a child to law enforcement is in violation of this subsection...

Here step dad is claiming he didn't see Madalina for a week before he left could be supported by his allegations (to be made) that he didn't provide supervision or care to Madalina, thus the statute is not applicable to him. MOO

 

[Ladyotm]

Stepdad was arrested 29 minutes past midnight

Mother was arrested at 10:12am

I think this is going to be a case of stepdad causing her death and then threatening/intimidating mother into silence. I could be wrong. JMO

I agree. Dad is so much older than mom. I wonder what was going on in that home. I wish out of state family would have called it in sooner.

 

[SkipperKey3]

I agree. Dad is so much older than mom. I wonder what was going on in that home. I wish out of state family would have called it in sooner.

This needs to be verified. As I have mentioned, in a report this morning, she is 36 and he is 40 (not 60), a difference of only 4 years.

MSN

 

[Parsnip]

I wonder if LE or journalists have been looking for evidence that CP and DC have done anything at all together in the days before and after Thanksgiving. It’s probably too late for video footage, but maybe? People have to eat, grocery shop, get gas, etc. Are there toll roads nearby?

I just get the impression that they have been living completely separate lives. Definitely no evidence of a united front. Which is suggestive to me that one and not both is responsible for M’s disappearance (excluding third party involvement, though I’m interested in hearing more ideas about that). And if DC was local and she is responsible, then M is likely nearby. If CP is responsible, then M could be local, in IL (if he did take that trip) or anywhere along his route. We saw one car removed from the home. Whose? Does it have GPS? Was there another car?

MOO. So many questions…

 

[Parsnip]

This needs to be verified. As I have mentioned, in a report this morning, she is 36 and he is 40 (not 60), a difference of only 4 years.

MSN

https://mecksheriffweb.mecklenburgcountync.gov/Inmate/Details?pid=0000502290&jid=22-049331&activeOnly=False&prisType=ALL&maxrows=48&page=1

 

[Unalienable Rights]

This needs to be verified. As I have mentioned, in a report this morning, she is 36 and he is 40 (not 60), a difference of only 4 years.

MSN

It is a printing error. He is 60. Public records give his age as 60. His arrest record gives his birthdate as 06/26/1962.

https://mecksheriffweb.mecklenburgcountync.gov/Inmate/Details?pid=0000502290&jid=22-049331&activeOnly=False&prisType=ALL&maxrows=48&page=1

 

[SkipperKey3]

It is a printing error. He is 60. Public records give his age as 60. His arrest record gives his birthdate as 06/26/1962.

https://mecksheriffweb.mecklenburgcountync.gov/Inmate/Details?pid=0000502290&jid=22-049331&activeOnly=False&prisType=ALL&maxrows=48&page=1

Okay, we'll go with that. I have seen other sites giving a brief bio and it does appear that he is indeed 60 years old.

 

[Chelly]

An animal services vehicle was above pictured at the home among other LE vehicles. Likely scent and cadaver dogs were used in the search.

 

[Parsnip]

M’s family <modsnip> speak:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1605955053218660353

 

[Parsnip]

An animal services vehicle was above pictured at the home among other LE vehicles. Likely scent and cadaver dogs were used in the search.

I noticed that, too, but I was thinking more along the lines of an animal control or shelter truck than K-9 unit, like there might be pets in the home? I wonder if it was there the whole night (K-9 likely) or just a quick stop (pet pick up likely). With my newfound skill, I can post a screenshot, ha! It was from a Twitter feed.

 

[DoubleH518]

I noticed that, too, but I was thinking more along the lines of an animal control or shelter truck than K-9 unit, like there might be pets in the home? I wonder if it was there the whole night (K-9 likely) or just a quick stop (pet pick up likely). With my newfound skill, I can post a screenshot, ha! It was from a Twitter feed.
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I highly doubt a police dog would arrive in an animal services truck meant for picking up strays off the street and taking away pets. I bet they have pets that needed to be taken in while the two were arrested (not sure on timing of that or if they have already bonded out)

 

[Chelly]

I noticed that, too, but I was thinking more along the lines of an animal control or shelter truck than K-9 unit, like there might be pets in the home? I wonder if it was there the whole night (K-9 likely) or just a quick stop (pet pick up likely). With my newfound skill, I can post a screenshot, ha! It was from a Twitter feed.
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Good catch.

 

[SpicyFruit]

Quote snipped by me.
It's hard to imagine a house in which both parents don't say goodnight to the children or at least notice they got ready for bed. Don't greet the child when they come home from work (unless work goes past bedtime.) Don't ever share breakfast together or ask how their day went for a week. No check-in to see how things are, just ignore the child for a week... In my view, he admitted he doesn't care a whit about his stepdaughter with that "well I didn't see her for a week before I left" claim. JMO.

And she was on Break. So her step Dad just didn't notice a child not there all day?

Since Step Dad & Mom seemed to be living such separate lives, maybe the marriage was not really a marriage and just something for her to gain citizenship? I have no idea how all that works so if that is not even possible, please let me know.

 

[Ontario Mom]

I noticed that, too, but I was thinking more along the lines of an animal control or shelter truck than K-9 unit, like there might be pets in the home? I wonder if it was there the whole night (K-9 likely) or just a quick stop (pet pick up likely). With my newfound skill, I can post a screenshot, ha! It was from a Twitter feed.
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I think you're correct. Same logo on the truck as on the shelter's site Animal Shelter | Cornelius, NC - Official Website

Not to mention, on mom's FB the pic of the Christmas stockings, some suggested those might be pet stockings. That has a bit more credibility now, seeing the animal shelter truck there.

 

[Chelly]

I highly doubt a police dog would arrive in an animal services truck meant for picking up strays off the street and taking away pets. I bet they have pets that needed to be taken in while the two were arrested (not sure on timing of that or if they have already bonded out)

If there were pets in the house, they have been there a long time since the arrests last Friday and Saturday.