The Times of India

Mum who vanished without trace in 2001 found alive, meets daughter in emotional courthouse reunion

After vanishing without a trace in 2001, a North Carolina mother has been found alive 24 years later, bringing a long-running missing-person case to a startling close. Her reappearance has led to an emotional reunion with her daughter, while exposing deep family tensions and unanswered questions about why she left and where she had been for decades.