North Carolina woman located after 24-year disappearance tells police she left family voluntarily. Alcohol abuse and marital problems preceded vanishing.

Sheriff Sam Page of the Rockingham County Sheriff's Office said Michele Hundley Smith "left on her own accord 24 years ago." ...

Twenty-four years later, Michele Hundley Smith is found alive and well. She won't face charges of abandonment, but she could ...

A woman who was missing for 24 years was found alive and safe, thanks to a single ping from a national database. Here's how.

The case remained open for more than 24 years. But late last week, Rockingham County Sheriff Sam Page said the department ...

Learn more about why Michele Hundley Smith chose to leave her family and disappear in 2001, according to the sheriff in her ...

A North Carolina mom of three who vanished while Christmas shopping 24 years ago left behind her family because of “ongoing ...

A family’s search for a mother who vanished decades ago ended with news that she was “alive and well” — but she still doesn’t ...

Michele Lyn Hundley Smith, the mother of three found living a secret life 24 years after she vanished, had struggled with a secret drinking problem — and was so prone to skipping out on her family, ...

A family’s search for a mother who vanished decades ago ended with news that she was “alive and well” — but she still doesn’t ...