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 ...

Almost 25 years ago, a woman in North Carolina was Christmas shopping when she disappeared. Now, after decades of quiet, Michele Hundley Smith has been found "alive and well,” authorities have ...

Online claims that Nancy Guthrie’s body has been discovered near her home in Arizona are false, authorities have confirmed, as the search for the missing 84-year-old continues. Social media posts ...

Michele Hundley Smith was 38 when she disappeared while shopping in Dec. 2001 Abigail Adams is a Human Interest Writer and Reporter for PEOPLE. She has been working in journalism for seven years.

Several social media videos are presenting a new claim as the investigation into Nancy Guthrie's disappearance continues. Nancy, the 84-year-old mother of Today show co-host Savannah Guthrie, has been ...

A missing persons case in North Carolina was solved in stunning fashion on Thursday when police announced that the woman, who had been missing for 24 years, was alive and well and living a secret life ...

A North Carolina woman who was reported missing more than two decades ago was found alive, bringing a 24-year investigation to a close, authorities said. The Rockingham County Sheriff’s Office said ...

A North Carolina mother who went Christmas shopping 24 years ago and disappeared was found alive – but said she does not want to be contacted by family – area authorities confirmed. The woman, Michele ...

A North Carolina mother of three who vanished over two decades ago was found alive and living a new life — leaving her family reeling with questions over her whereabouts, according to authorities and ...

ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, N.C. (WTVD) -- A Rockingham County woman who went missing more than two decades ago has been found alive, the sheriff's office announced. Michelle Hundley Smith, who was 38 when she ...

On Friday, she got an answer. “I kind of want to go outside and scream, ‘she’s alive, she’s alive,’” Byrd said. The Rockingham County Sheriff’s Office confirmed Michele Hundley Smith, who disappeared ...