Madalina Cojocari's stepfather Christopher Palmiter found guilty in trial

The jury has unanimously agreed to a guilty verdict in the trial of Christopher Palmiter, the stepfather of Madalina Cojocari.

Madalina was 11 years old when she was last seen getting off a school bus in November 2022 before going missing.

After more than a year and a half, she is still missing. Palmiter is only charged with failing to report the disappearance of his stepdaughter. He was sentenced to 30 months of supervised probation. As part of that probation, Palmiter will need to try to pay his defense attorney back the more than $30,000 it cost to defend him.

Palmiter took the stand on Wednesday and Thursday. The lead detective and Palmiter's brothers, Paul and Matthew, also testified Thursday.

On Friday, both the state and the defense gave their closing arguments. But after about 15 minutes of deliberation, the jury signaled they had a unanimous guilty verdict of not reporting a child's disappearance to law enforcement.

More information about the case here: https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/cri...