Search warrants unsealed in the Madalina Cojocari case Wednesday give more details on the investigation into the missing 11-year-old girl from Cornelius, North Carolina.

The girl was reported missing when her mother Diana Cojocari went to the girl’s school Dec. 15, according to police. The mother told school officials she had not seen her daughter since Nov. 23.

What You Need To Know

  • Madalina Cojocari, 11, has been missing since late November. She was last at school Nov. 21, and her mother said she last saw her Nov. 23

  • Police arrested Madalina's mother and stepfather on charges of "failure to report the disappearance of a child to law enforcement." They are still in jail

  • On Tuesday, a court unsealed search warrants on for the home in Cornelius where Madalina lived with her mother and step father

  • The FBI and SBI are assisting with the investigation

Diana Cojocari and Madalina’s stepfather Christopher Palmer were arrested Dec. 17 on charges of “failure to report the disappearance of a child to law enforcement.” Both remain in Mecklenburg County jail.

A judge set a $250,000 bond for Diana Cojocari and $200,000 for Palmiter, and both would have to relinquish their passports to be released.

The State Bureau of Investigation and the FBI are working with police in Cornelius, North Carolina, to investigate the disappearance.

“Diana Cojocari said she and her husband, Christopher Palmiter, argued that night and the next morning he drove to his family’s house in Michigan to recover some items,” investigators said in the application for a search warrant.

According to investigators, Diana Cojocari said she went to check on her daughter at about 11:30 a.m. the next day, and she was not in her room. Madalina’s backpack and some clothes were missing, according to the affidavit.

The mother told police she waited until the following Saturday evening, Nov. 26, when her husband returned home to ask him if he knew where Madalina was. “Christopher Palmiter did not and asked the same question in return,” according to police.

“Detectives asked Diana Cojocari why she waited to report Madalina missing, and she stated that she was worried it might start a ‘conflict’ between her and Christopher Palmiter,” the affidavit states.

Diana Cojocari told a detective she talked to her family in Maldova, who told her to call the police, but she did not, according to the search warrants.

Palmiter told police he hadn’t seen Madalina for a week before his trip to Michigan, according to the affidavit.

The last time police say they confirmed Madalina’s whereabouts was in a video of a school bus drop off on Nov. 21. That was also the last day Madalina had been seen in school, according to court records.

According to the search warrants, investigators seized two cellphones. Police also asked for a warrant for location data, call records, text messages and other information off the phones.

Police asked permission from the judge to search the home for any evidence of a crime there. The returned warrants are redacted, and do not give public details on what was seized from the home.

There are several redactions in the warrant documents unsealed on Tuesday. Investigators do single out “an area blocked off with plywood in the kitchen” in the application.

“Det. Nichols asked about the area and Mr. Palmiter stated that they had planned to make a separate apartment,” according to the warrant application.

“Due to the circumstances surrounding the absence of Madalina Cojocari and the 3 week delayed reporting Madalina missing I believe there is probable cause for a search warrant to be served at the residence to locate further evidence,” investigators wrote in the application.

Investigators ask anyone with firsthand information of Madalina’s disappearance to contact the police or the FBI.