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LEO's are people like us, working their jobs day to day. When a case like Mickey's reaches a sad conclusion, they're left with the same sunken feeling many of us are experiencing right now. Cut them some slack. There will be time to talk tomorrow.
For Mrs. Nancy, Mr. Tom, Charlie, and Zack Shunick, I pray they continue to find relief knowing their beloved Mickey is with the Lord and is standing by them, though they may not see her.
Angel Standing By sung by Jewel, my all time favorite singer-songwriter:
I had pretty much assumed Mickey had lost her life when first her bike was found in Whiskey Bay, and I was heartbroken. Then when BSL was arrested and we began to learn more about him, I greatly feared that she had lost her life, and I was heartbroken. Then when it became likely that he had led LE to her body, and the body was found, I knew it was her, and I was heartbroken. And yet now, hearing it confirmed that the body found is indeed Mickey, I feel like I have been hit with a ton of bricks. Rest in peace, sweet Mickey. You will never again be hurt by anyone or anything.
Ooh I absolutely understand them needing some time...in not meaning to sound critical! (sorry...I've had one of those days where everything I say or type seems to come out wrong lol. I'm so ready for tomorrow! Lol)
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I guess my thought here is this, and I beg to differ. The guy is telling you he was mugged, but doesn't know where, can't tell you where, has stab wounds all over his upper torso, says he's been lost for hours, but somehow ends up on the Belle Chasse Highway at a hospital when if he was, in fact, downtown, you know he's at least passed up Tulane, which is PLAINLY visible from the interstate, to somehow end up on the Westbank, and just happened to make a series of correct turns to get to a hospital, well, yeah, it's suspicous. But even so:
Had they have bothered to do a warrant check when they KNEW he was acting suspiciously, there WAS an active warrant for his arrest for domestic battery.
It's a warrant check. Not brain surgery. Just get the guy's name, DOB and SS* and call in a friggin' warrant check
Even if the warrant hadn't shown up, they'd have known he was a RSO. That's all I'm saying.
I would like to send a song out to Mickey: "If I Die Young," by That Band Perry. Here is the url to listen to it on youtube: The Band Perry - If I Die Young - YouTube.
I lost a close friend one year ago tomorrow, not to a killer like BS, but after a long, hard battle with breast cancer. She, too, was much too young to be taken from this Earth. I will be listening to this song for both Mickey and C.
My thoughts and prayers go out to Mickey's family and friends. May your beautiful daughter/sister/friend rest in peace in the safety of God's love.
I find it a little odd that the LE specifically said in their statement about confirming it was her body that there would be no more statements at this time. I must admit I kind of expected a press conference or something.
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Now we all need to prepare for what I am almost sure will happen. BSL will change his plea to guilty (or take an Alford plea) and do LWOP. I hope I'm wrong and that LE found Mickey on their own. I hope so.
I can barely type through the tears. I listened to this song for Mickey and for my beloved husband Louis, who I lost to a five year battle with cancer in 2001.
Thanks for posting this.
Just like a ton of bricks.
Very well said, Steve.
Rest in Peace, sweet Mickey.
I had pretty much assumed Mickey had lost her life when first her bike was found in Whiskey Bay, and I was heartbroken. Then when BSL was arrested and we began to learn more about him, I greatly feared that she had lost her life, and I was heartbroken. Then when it became likely that he had led LE to her body, and the body was found, I knew it was her, and I was heartbroken. And yet now, hearing it confirmed that the body found is indeed Mickey, I feel like I have been hit with a ton of bricks. Rest in peace, sweet Mickey. You will never again be hurt by anyone or anything.
Ooh I absolutely understand them needing some time...in not meaning to sound critical! (sorry...I've had one of those days where everything I say or type seems to come out wrong lol. I'm so ready for tomorrow! Lol)
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It goes without saying how badly I feel for Mickey's parents.... how something this awful just came into their lives without warning and changed them forever.
What is especially painful for me is to imagine what Charlie is feeling.... Mickey was her "Mini Me," she said. Just seeing them together in their photos you can see their special bond. I can only dimly imagine it through my experience when my little brother was stricken with lymphoma and malignant melanoma. The news came so unexpectedly out of the blue. I dropped my teaching internship to go be with him in New Orleans, and the sudden possibility of losing my brother was such a numbing - indescribable feeling of impending loss. He survived and is in remission, but I will never forget the feeling of vertigo, and how upset my parents were.
The Shunicks have had the same sort of lightning bolt - but so much worse in that it was a human lightning bolt. I continue to pray for them every day, and I hope that they can take even a small bit of comfort from the support of those around them. But I know that truly, none but God can offer any true comfort. The loss is uniquely theirs to bear for the rest of their lives. I pray that God will hear the many prayers for their family, bless them richly, as Job was blessed after his life was cursed and his family died, and bring them many happy days in the future...grandchildren, and loving friends to help them embrace life, even after they have been so terribly hurt by it.
R.I.P. Mickey