JUN 28, 2023
June 29, 2023, marks one year since the mysterious disappearance of Phoenix woman Michelle Bernstein-Schultz. Leads have been scarce in this case, but the reward to locate her is now $10,000 as loved ones plead for help.
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Leads have been scarce in this case, but the reward to locate her is now $10,000 as loved ones plead for help.
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"I believed that in a few days, the nightmare was gonna be over. There was going to be an explanation. As time went by, your mind begins to play a lot of tricks on you," Patricia said, Michelle’s mother.
"And we’re nowhere closer to answers. There’s no information at all, not one sighting, not one clue of anything, just nothing," Daniella Smith, Michelle’s sister, said.
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She has been divorced twice and is a mother of two with a son from each marriage. She's an avid hiker and dog owner.
Michelle lived with her boyfriend in north Phoenix at The Tides in
Paradise Valley near 40th Street and Greenway Road.
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Smith says her sister was texting back and forth with a friend that June afternoon up until 4:03 p.m. Then, Michelle left her apartment and her personal belongings.
"I don’t know if she left behind but, in her apartment, as far as we know, were her identification, her passport, her keys, her everything, her phone. I’ve never seen Michelle leave the house without her phone and her identification," Daniella said.
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Her boyfriend reported her missing the next day. Patricia found out through a text from him.
Patricia says when she spoke to the boyfriend later, he told her Michelle had not been feeling good and didn’t want to be bothered the day prior, so he slept on the couch when he came home that night only to find the bedroom empty the next morning.
Michelle’s family has never spoken to the man again.
FOX 10 called Michelle's then-boyfriend to get his side of the story, but once Investigator Justin Lum identified himself, he hung up. He also didn't reply to a text.
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