MISSING MADALINA, 11, PHOTOS GONE, HIDDEN BAG OF CASH, PRIESTS PAID THOUSANDS

Madalina Cojocari was last seen just days before Thanksgiving, getting off her school bus at home in Cornelius. A bus camera captured her exit. In the released footage, the sixth grader walks down the aisle and steps off the bus at 4:59 p.m. That was the last day Madalina attended school.

Two weeks after classes resumed and Madalina didn’t return, staff at Bailey Middle School contacted her mother, Diana, to ask about her. On December 15, Diana Cojocari went to the school and told a resource officer that Madalina was missing.

Joining Nancy Grace today

• Derek Smith - Criminal Defense Attorney
• Dr. Heidi Green - Clinical Psychologist, Trauma specialist, Author: ‘The Path to Self-Love and World Domination; IG: @drheidigreen
• Deputy Chief Jennifer Thompson - Cornelius Police Department; Instagram: @corneliuspolice
• Joseph Scott Morgan - Professor of Forensics: Jacksonville State University, and Author, "Blood Beneath My Feet", Host: "Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan;" X@JoScottForensic
• Elaine Aradillas - Investigative Reporter, Former Reporter for People Magazine; X: @elaineja, Instagram: @the_elaine

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