
NC mom who ran away from family 24 years ago makes extraordinary claim as she resurfaces for first time
NY Post
The missing North Carolina mom of three has been located by The Post — 24 years after she ran away and ditched her family.
Michelle Lyn Hundley Smith, now 62, claimed Thursday that her daughter is “forgiving” her after she resurfaced and returned to town to answer a two-decade-old drunk driving charge.
She’s alone living in a trailer in a rural community in the state’s poorest county near the South Carolina state line, says she is trying to make amens with the family she left behind.
“My daughter is forgiving me. We are in contact, so leave me alone,” she said.
She will not face charges for abandoning her family, authorities in Rockingham County told The Post, but she was arrested for failing to appear on a drunk driving arrest just before she went missing in 2001.
She remains holed up in her in a tiny village three hours from the family she ran away from, where neighbors said she led a quiet life with a new man whom she said was her husband.













