QuoteMichelle Hundley Smith was first reported missing on Dec. 31, 2001. At the time, officials with the Rockingham County Sheriff's Office said they were told that Smith, 38, had been missing for weeks. Her husband told investigators that she left their Stoneville home to go Christmas shopping at a K-Mart about 20 miles away in Martinsville, Virginia.

WGHP had previously spoken with Smith's daughter in 2021, exactly 20 years after her mother disappeared.

At the time, Amanda said she would have loved to know the reason that her mother vanished, even if only to rule out anything "sinister."

https://www.kxan.com/news/national-news/north-carolina-woman-reported-missing-in-2001-found-alive-and-well/

QuoteThe Administrative Procedure Act (APA) is a federal act that governs the procedures of administrative law. The APA is codified in 5 U.S.C. §§ 551–559.

The core pieces of the act establish how federal administrative agencies make rules and how they adjudicate administrative litigation. 5 U.S.C. § 551(5)–(7) clarifies that rulemaking is the "agency process for formulating, amending, or repealing a rule," and adjudication is the final disposition of an agency matter other than rulemaking. That is, rulemaking goes beyond resolution of specific controversies between parties and includes management and administrative functions. Rulemaking and adjudication can be formal or informal, which in turn determines which APA procedural requirements apply.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/administrative_procedure_act

QuoteA neighbor of Singleton's recognized the police sketch crafted from Mary's account and wasted no time contacting law enforcement. Nine days after the attack, Singleton was arrested and charged with attempted murder, rape, and a slew of other sexual offenses against Mary.

Despite being found guilty, he received a shockingly short sentence of only 14 years, and as he left the courtroom, he had some chilling words for Mary: "If it's the last thing I do, I'll finish the job," he whispered menacingly as he was dragged away.

Singleton was released just eight years later for 'good behavior.' Tragically, Singleton would go on to murder Roxanne Hayes, a mother of three, in 1997. When police arrived at the scene after a neighbor's call, they found him blood-stained.

https://www.themirror.com/news/us-news/chilling-case-woman-who-left-947876

Quote"Alright, goodbye. You're (going to) meet Jesus," Carey Birmingham told his wife, Patricia Birmingham, before he shot her with his gun outside their home in Spring.

The two's argument, which was sparked by Carey's allegedly learning of Patricia's affair, became more and more heated.

https://abc13.com/post/spring-murder-husband-sentenced-carey-birmingham-gets-10-years-in-jail-patricia-birminghams-caught-on-camera/14502224/