Crime & Safetyscore 233·3 metrosupdated 4h ago

Court Dismisses DWI Charge Against Woman Missing Since 2001

A North Carolina court has dismissed a DWI charge against Michele Hundley Smith, who was reported missing in 2001. Smith was found alive after vanishing while on a shopping trip in Virginia.

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