Here's another one. And this is even weirder. The missing person case that Shadow Demanda Smith's life for 24 years ended Thursday on the steps of a North Carolina courthouse. There, she finally embraced her mom, Michelle Smith, who vanished in December of 2001.

So the mom disappeared. The mom disappeared.

She said she was going Christmas shopping at a Kmart in Martinsville, Virginia,

never returned home. She was located in February, but said she did not want to be found,

and she had been hiding the entire time. Family, friends. So just this past February. That's correct.

Authority say Michelle, then 38, left on her own amid what she later described as, quote,

domestic issues.

And for years did not want her whereabouts disclosed even to any family members.

Now, a tip led deputies to her alive and well in North Carolina.

Days after being found, she was arrested over a

decade's old failure to appear in court tied to a 2001 DWI charge. And Amanda was actually

there by her side for Thursday's arraignment. Life's too short for me to hold a grudge, she said.

We only get one life and I want my mom in it. Michelle, who also has two daughters and a son,

is due back in court April 23rd. The DUI charge dates November 11, 2001, about a month before

Smith disappeared. The court date she missed was on December 27th, weeks after her disappearance.

But they finally found this woman, unfortunately for her, she had a warrant out for her arrest.

Was it like manslaughter?

Did she hit some?

I mean, it seems crazy to go running from the law.

That's my thought for a DW.

I mean, you don't want to deal with the punishment, but it's not going to be that severe.

Right. I mean, she's only want to deal with the punishment, but it's not going to be that severe. Right. She's only ever had one. Like, I just, I don't know. Like, that seems a little insane. Like, ah, not going to face the music. It's like, well, you probably, you're not going to go to jail. But she said domestic issues. But even then, like, why would you leave your child? Kids are there. Or kid. I guess, yeah, it was just the one kid, but still, like, if it's that bad, I'm taking my kid with me, right? No doubt about it. Oh, that's a tough. So basically, she just abandoned the kid. That is, that is correct. Yes. What did you unexpectedly stumble upon? 206, 803 Rock? This story is from a while back, but an update.

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