Specialists captured the mother and stepfather of a missing North Carolina young lady after they supposedly stood by over three weeks to report her vanishing.

As per the Cornelius Police Division, Diana Cojocari and her better half Christopher Palmiter have been accused of inability to report the vanishing of a kid to policing, Diana’s little girl Madalina Cojocari disappeared on Nov. 23. Madalina, 11, was most recently seen at her home in Cornelius, N.C., around 20 miles beyond Charlotte, a news discharge peruses.

Parents of Missing 11-Year-Old Girl Arrested After They Allegedly Waited 22 Days to Report Her Disappearance

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Her mom and stepfather purportedly revealed her missing to a school asset official at Bailey Center School on Dec. 15. Diana, 37, and Palmiter, 60, were captured Saturday.

It was indistinct in the event that the pair entered a request to the charge or on the other hand in the event that they held lawyers who can remark for their benefit.

The couple is being held at the Mecklenburg Region Confinement Center, prison records show. A report on the Cornelius PD Facebook page Monday said the organization is extending the “search region beyond the home where Madalina was most recently seen and that presently incorporates Lake Cornelius. We are directing extra land and water look as a careful step.”

Parents of Missing 11-Year-Old Girl Arrested After They Allegedly Waited 22 Days to Report Her Disappearance

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As per police, Madalina is a sixth grader who loves ponies. She is portrayed as 4 feet 10 inches tall, weighing 90 pounds, with earthy colored hair and earthy colored eyes, and last seen wearing pants, a white shirt and coat, and pink, purple, and white Adidas shoes, specialists said. The FBI is helping with the examination.

Anybody with data on Madalina’s location is asked to contact the Cornelius Police Division at (704) 892-7773. Tips can likewise be submitted online at tips.fbi.gov.