North Carolina US Marshal discusses finding mother, daughter missing for 5+ years

U.S. Marshal for the Eastern District of North Carolina Michael East reflects on his investigators leading to the recent discovery of a North Carolina mother and daughter who had been missing for five years.

"One of the things I think that I'm as proud of as a supervisor is to see the interagency communication," East told Fox News Digital. " … It's one thing to let a case go, you know, a couple of weeks or couple of months, but they … still continue to follow up on stuff over the years. That's impressive in the fact that, again, in cases involving children, you know, everybody wants to jump in and help. And so it was great teamwork, great coordination."

Leads into the missing pair's disappearance came up dead for five years until 2021, when officials got a lead that led them to the rural property where they eventually found Weber and her daughter, East said.