Diana Cojocari, 37, and Christopher Palmiter, 60, the mother and stepfather of missing 11-year-old Madalina Cojocari remained in custody at Mecklenburg County Jail on separate bonds.
Diana Cojocari on December 15 told police that her daughter Madalina, 11, was missing and said, according to her arrest warrant, that she believed her husband put her family in danger .
Neighbors recall seeing flames and smoke billowing from the yard of the Victoria Bay Drive home in late November, prompting calls to police and the fire department in Cornelius, North Carolina.