ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, N.C. (WGHP) — A more than two-decade-long missing persons case has finally been solved, according to the Rockingham County Sheriff’s Office. On December 31, 2001, the RCSO received ...

The Rockingham County Sheriff’s Office says Michelle Hundely Smith, missing since December 2001, was contacted Feb. 20, 2026, alive and well in North Carolina.

A North Carolina mother who went missing 24 years ago while going Christmas shopping has been found “alive and well,” according to authorities.

Michele Hundley Smith, the North Carolina mother of three who vanished in December 2001 and resurfaced alive more than two decades later, has now been arrested in a stunning turn of events. The ...

For 24 years, a Rockingham County woman's family never knew if she was dead or alive. Now, Michele Hundley Smith faces a charge unrelated to her disappearance.

Michele Hundley Smith, 62, was first reported missing in December 2001 Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024, and was previously an ...

Breaking: Michele Hundley Smith was served with her outstanding warrant for DWI. She was charged with DWI one month before she went missing.

ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, N.C. (WGHP) – A missing North Carolina woman has been found “alive and well” more than two decades after she disappeared from her North Carolina home, according to investigators.

THE founder of Barrow’s Owl Sanctuary who was banned from keeping birds by a court has been stripped of his MBE. Paul Allen Rose, of Walney, was sentenced in May 2024, after pleading guilty to two ...

UPDATE: On February 25, 2026, Michele Hundley Smith was taken into custody by the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office on an arrest order related to a failure to appear in court 25 years ago. She posted ...