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Michele Hundley Smith

Authorities Find Woman Missing for 24 Years, Then Arrest Her on a Failure to Appear Warrant 5 Days Later

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Unable to arrest Michele Hundley Smith for skipping out on her family 24 years ago, North Carolina authorities opted to arrest her on a failure to appear warrant from a DWI charge the same year she disappeared. Unlike the DWI itself, there’s no statue of limitations on a warrant, so Smith will have to appear …

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February 23, 2026

Missing North Carolina Woman Found Alive After 24 Years

A North Carolina mom who left home 24 years ago for a Christmas shopping trip and never returned has been found alive and safe. Michele Hundley Smith, now 62, left home on December 9, 2001, to travel to a K-Mart in Martinsville, Virginia, 18 miles from her home in Eden, North Carolina, the Rockingham County …

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