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Mom of 3 who vanished 24 years ago while Christmas shopping found ‘alive and well’

Posted on 2/23/26 at 9:13 am
Posted by NorthshoreTiger76
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Posted on 2/23/26 at 9:13 am
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A North Carolina mother who went missing 24 years ago while going Christmas shopping has been found “alive and well,” according to authorities.

On Feb. 20, the Rockingham County Sheriff’s Office said Michelle Hundley Smith, 62, who was first reported missing Dec. 31, 2001, had been found after detectives “received new information” about her disappearance.

Authorities made contact with Smith at an undisclosed location in North Carolina, “alive and well,” the sheriff’s office announced.

At her request, her current whereabouts will remain undisclosed.

Officials said Smith’s family was notified that she had been located and were informed about her request to keep her whereabouts undisclosed.




Posted by ClientNumber9
Member since Feb 2009
10021 posts
Posted on 2/23/26 at 9:14 am to
Pretty sure she didn't want to be found.
Posted by KosmoCramer
Member since Dec 2007
80297 posts
Posted on 2/23/26 at 9:14 am to
Can't imagine willingly abandoning your kids, then they find out you're still alive, and you tell them to frick off.
Posted by Dawgfanman
Member since Jun 2015
26096 posts
Posted on 2/23/26 at 9:18 am to
Her wages should be garnished and her assets sold to pay for raising those kids
Posted by Cosmo
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Posted on 2/23/26 at 9:19 am to
Need pics to determine if i care or not
Posted by VinegarStrokes
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Member since Oct 2015
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Posted on 2/23/26 at 9:21 am to
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Need pics to determine if i care or not


gonna go out on a limb and say you don't care lol

Posted by SuperSaint
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Member since Sep 2007
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Posted on 2/23/26 at 9:21 am to
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Can't imagine willingly abandoning your kids, then they find out you're still alive, and you tell them to frick off.
I don’t know… this morning it sounds pretty enticing for a week or two
Posted by LaBR4
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Member since Sep 2005
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Posted on 2/23/26 at 9:22 am to
She's really good at hide and seak.
I wonder how she got found out

This post was edited on 2/23/26 at 9:23 am
Posted by eddieray
Lafayette
Member since Mar 2006
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Posted on 2/23/26 at 9:22 am to
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Need pics to determine if i care or not


She looks like Snooki
Posted by castorinho
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Posted on 2/23/26 at 9:22 am to
What a bitch.
Posted by Defenseiskey
Houston, TX
Member since Nov 2010
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Posted on 2/23/26 at 9:22 am to
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Her wages should be garnished and her assets sold to pay for raising those kids


Consequences for a WOMAN? How dare you!
Posted by This GUN for HIRE
Member since May 2022
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Posted on 2/23/26 at 9:23 am to
Looks like ol boy got off easy
Posted by Lonnie Utah
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Member since Jul 2012
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Posted on 2/23/26 at 9:24 am to
If she walked away and didn't legally close up an bunch of lose ends, there has to be some sort of crime involved here, right? Social Security Fraud at a minimum?
Posted by Scruffy
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Member since Jul 2011
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Posted on 2/23/26 at 9:29 am to
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Her wages should be garnished and her assets sold to pay for raising those kids
100%

The police know where she is now.

She has neglected her parental role and should be arrested.

She has years of child support to pay.

If the father had done this, he would have been arrested on the spot.
This post was edited on 2/23/26 at 9:36 am
Posted by nes2010
Member since Jun 2014
7704 posts
Posted on 2/23/26 at 9:32 am to
Poor kids had to wonder what happened to their Mom all those years. Poor Dad probably had the police up his arse thinking he killed her. What a horrible person she is.
Posted by TigerIron
Member since Feb 2021
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Posted on 2/23/26 at 9:33 am to
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Officials said Smith’s family was notified that she had been located and were informed about her request to keep her whereabouts undisclosed.


Why on earth would the authorities honor this "request"? Imagine the pain she inflicted on her family and the money wasted by police trying to find her.
Posted by yellowfin
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Posted on 2/23/26 at 9:33 am to
2001…..probably met someone online and ditched family to run away with them
Posted by Hangover Haven
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Posted by LaBR4
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Posted on 2/23/26 at 9:34 am to


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Facebook page set up to aid the search for Smith, titled Bring Michele Hundley Smith Home, explained that she had been driving her forest green 1995 Pontiac Trans Sport van when she vanished.


Somebody might have spotted her 95 Pontiac



Clean AF
This post was edited on 2/23/26 at 9:38 am
Posted by idlewatcher
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Member since Jan 2012
94798 posts
Posted on 2/23/26 at 9:35 am to
What a scumbag move on her part. Hope they nail her to the wall for child support and abandonment.
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