Diana Cojocari biography 13 things about Cornelius, North Carolina woman

Diana Cojocari is a Moldovan-American woman from Cornelius, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, United States. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. She and her daughter Madalina Cojocari have Romanian and Moldovan passports. She is a distant relative of Octavian Cebanu, her only blood relative known to live in the U.S.
2. She is 23 years younger than her husband Christopher James Palmiter.
3. After giving birth to Madalina in 2011. She gained weight, going up from 54kg to 87kg.
4. In 2014, she appeared as a contestant on a Moldovan online magazine weight loss show titled “Slăbeşte Sănătos“.
5. Just before 5:00 p.m. on November 21, 2022, her daughter Madalina seen exiting her school bus. Since than, Madalina has not been to Bailey Middle School in Cornelius.
6. According to her, she went to check on Madalina at around 11:30 a.m. on November 24, 2022 and noticed Madalina was not in her room in ther house in Cornelius then waited until Palmiter returned to their house at 4:0 p.m. on November 26, 2022 to ask if he knew where Madalina was.
7. On December 2, 2022, she sent a text message indicating she was in the presence of Madalina. That day, she had an extensive communication with Cebanu.
8. On December 3, 2022, she was seen at a service station in Hickory, North Carolina, getting an oil change in her car. According to the attendant, children’s toys were in the car but no minor child was seen inside the car.
9. On December 4, 2022, she drove to the mountains of North Carolina claiming to be searching for Madalina.
10. She and Palmiter waited until 1:12 p.m. on December 15, 2022 to tell the school resource officer at Bailey Middle School that Madalina had been missing since November 23, 2022. 
11. On December 17, 2022, she and Palmiter were arrested. They were both booked into the Mecklenburg County Detention Center in Charlotte, North Carolina and were each charged with failure to report the disappearance of a child to law enforcement.
12. On February 14, 2023, Cornelius Police Department detective Gina Patterson filed an application for a search warrant in Mecklenburg County Superior Court. According to the search warrant application, Cebanu claimed that before Madalina went missing, she and her mother Rodica Cojocari asked him if he would assist her with smuggling her and Madalina away from their residence in Cornelius because she was in a bad relationship with Palmiter and wanted a divorce
13. She was 38 years old when records were released on July 18, 2023, revealing that Palmiter was intentionally housed with a confidential informant in jail. The records also revealed that during a recorded jail call, she discussed a big bag of money and withdrawing cash with Rodica and a theory that Palmiter gave Madalina away for money.