Update: Madalina Cojocari

Voices for Justice

Sarah Turney

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.8 • 9.3K Ratings

🗓️ 28 June 2024

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

11-year-old Madalina Cojocari was reported missing by her mother, Diana Cojocari, and her stepfather, Cristopher Palmiter, after Madalina missed several weeks of school without explanation. They were arrested for failing to report her missing shortly after. While it was initially believed that Madalina was last seen on November 21, 2022, when video surveillance captured her leaving her school bus, police now believe she was last seen in December 2022, weeks after her parents claim to have last seen her. The Cornelius, North Carolina Police Department also named their first suspect in Madalina’s case in June 2024. Anyone with information about Madalina is asked to contact the Cornelius Police Department at 704-892-7773. For more information about the show, visit VoicesforJusticePodcast.com. Follow us on social media: Twitter: @VFJPod Instagram: @VoicesforJusticePodcast TikTok: @VoicesforJusticePodcast Facebook: @VoicesforJusticePodcast Voices for Justice is hosted by Sarah Turney Twitter: @SarahETurney Instagram: @SarahETurney TikTok: @SarahETurney Facebook: @SarahETurney YouTube: @SarahTurney Thank you to our sponsors Go to HelloFresh.com/justiceapps for free appetizers for life! One appetizer item per box while the subscription is active. Sign up for a one-dollar-per-month trial period at Shopitfy.com/justice. FÜM has served over 300,000 customers and you can be the next success story. Go to FUM.com and use code VFJ to get a free gift with your order. The introduction music used in Voices for Justice is Thread of Clouds by Blue Dot Sessions. Outro music is Melancholic Ending by Soft and Furious. The track used for ad transitions is Pinky by Blue Dot Sessions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Voices for Justice is a podcast that uses adult language and discusses sensitive and potentially triggering topics, including violence, abuse, and murder.
0:11.3	This podcast may not be appropriate for younger audiences.
0:15.1	All parties are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
0:18.4	Some names have been changed or omitted per their request or for safety
0:21.8	purposes. Listener discretion is advised. My name is Sarah Turney, and this is Voices for Justice.
0:34.7	Today I'm discussing the disappearance of Madalina Kojikari.
0:39.3	I first found Madalina's case at the end of 2022, basically right when it became public.
0:45.9	And I was shocked that she hadn't gotten more attention.
0:49.1	An 11-year-old girl was missing, and no one reported it to police until weeks after the fact. These are the cases
0:56.2	that I find myself picking up and running with. The cases where there seems to be some type of
1:01.6	trouble at home, and very few people close to the missing child are coming forward to speak with
1:06.6	the media or the police. Back in December 2022, I shared a minisode with you guys about
1:13.3	Madalina's case. It was only 11 minutes long. There was really almost nothing out there about
1:19.4	her. I just wanted to get the word out here, and of course over on my TikTok where I shared
1:24.4	what was believed to be the last video taken of Madalina.
1:33.7	Then in early 2023, more information came out, and I made a full-length episode about Madalina in March. It's been over a year since that episode. And there have been a lot of new
1:39.6	developments in her case that kind of change everything. Even just before this episode was set to air,
1:46.3	I ran back to the booth to record the very latest in this case. A new but familiar suspect has
1:53.9	been officially named. This is the case of Madalina Kojikari. In November 2022, 11-year-old Madalina Kojikari was in the sixth grade at Bailey Middle School in Cornelius, North Carolina.
2:09.1	This is about 20 miles north of Charlotte.
2:12.0	It's a cozy suburban town with a population of around 25,000, and it runs along the largest man-made lake in the state,
2:20.1	Lake Norman. Madalina lived with her 37-year-old mother, Diana Kojikari, and her 60-year-old
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