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I just showed this picture to my son and his opinion is that it appears to be a mechanics paint saver mat. Used to keep from scratching the paint on the vehicle. ?????
Here are some mechanics' mats:

images


v34.jpg


stdmat36x22.jpg


portablemechmatopen.jpg


I couldn't find a perfect match, but I found a couple that could look squarish.

In reference to the rear right wheel well.
l.jpg


I've gotta say it looks metallic to me. and the letters/numbers in the center have a stamped look. I reserve the right to change my mind if they share another frame of the video.
 
Island hopper ... THANK YOU for the very helpful time line and synopsis of the case. It's a great (and quick) reference. The only suggestion I have right now is you might consider adding the dates LPD released video surveillance of MS and the truck (May 25th & May 26th). I'm not sure if those dates are of much significance other than how they might relate to the date/time line of the bicycle being found on the 27th. 'Sleuthing' wise, some members may find it of interest though.

Yes, absolutely, I feel all dates are crucial. I am working on a timeline now of info released. I have gone back to day one and am reading articles that were posted each day and will compose a timeline taking it one day at a time.

Kind of crazy but last night I just felt like something is going to happen and wanted to post what I have already confirmed.
 
I apologize in advance for the very long post. I have taken a couple of days and went through the video's, articles and press conference's and put together the following document. It looks much better in Word format!

It is a work in progress and if anyone feels it is useful then I will continue to add facts as I come across them. Apologize if it is useless.

There are no personal opinions here...completely unbiased....only facts found through research. I plan to elaborate on the bike being found in more detail as well as add the map and some of the original pics but too tired tonight.

If you see it here then the statement can be found within the links posted at the end. The CNN video's at the end show some of the surveillance pics in much better clarity.


JUST THE FACTS

MISSING: MICKEY SHUNICK (5/22/90)

When: May 19th, 2012, approximately 2:00am
Where: Lafayette, LA – Saint Streets Area
Reported Missing: May 19th, 2012 – Approx. 6:00pm
Reward: Reward has been capped at $25,000

Mickey is 5’ 1”, approximately 115 lbs. She has shoulder length light blond curly hair and blue eyes. She was last seen wearing a bright pastel, multi-colored shirt, grey acid washed skinny jeans and silver ankle boots. She has a small tattoo of a bicycle on her right outer ankle and a nose ring on her left nostril. She was last seen riding a black and gold Schwinn Cutter bicycle with glittery gold hand grips. She was carrying a small pink container of pepper spray in her front pocket. She was also carrying a light brown leather backpack/purse, a yellow Vera Bradley wallet and a black Verizon slider cell phone.

Mickey was heading towards her home on Governor Miro Drive which is 4 miles from her last known location, friend, Brettly Wilson’s home. She never arrived. Her family reported her to local law enforcement as a missing person at approximately 6:00pm, Saturday, May 19th.

Local Lafayette law enforcement, FBI, Homeland Security and the US Marshal’s service have been involved in the investigation.


This is what we know:

Mickey rode her bicycle to meet nine friends for a concert at Artmosphere Hookah Lounge and Bar on Johnson Street the evening of Friday,May 18th. At 10:15pm Mickey suggested going to Mel’s Diner but her friends didn’t want to leave. At 12:45am Mickey and Brettly left Artmosphere and bicycled to Brettly’s home on Ryan Street. Brettly then drove Mickey through the Taco Bell drive-thru and returned back to Brettly’s home to eat.

At 1:30am Mickey’s friend Ashley called Mickey on her cell. This is reportedly the last time her cell was used. Mickey left Brettly’s house at 1:45am. His last sighting of her was that of Mickey closing the door behind her as she left his home. (**There was an article in the Advertiser that reported Brettly last saw her in his driveway but I don’t see where that can be confirmed by him.)

Surveillance cameras show Mickey on Verseilles Blvd. heading towards St. John Street at 1:47am. Police believe she then traveled onto St. John Street and crossed over University Avenue, continuing West on St. Landry Street.

She was spotted again on St. Landry Street (Circle K) at 1:48am. A pickup truck identified as a white Chevy Z71 was seen in the same spot on St. Landry Street at 1:49am. This is the last confirmed and reported sighting of Mickey.

At 1:51am a white four door pickup truck was seen traveling in the opposite direction of Mickey on St. Landry Street in front of the Circle K. It is unclear if this is the same truck cameras caught at 1:49 on St. Landry Street or another vehicle of possible interest.

Vehicles of Interest:

In initial police statements it was stated as:

In both videos, a white, four door pickup truck is captured on video after Mickey traveled those streets. The surveillance video comes from Lafayette Consolidated Government and is taken in front of the Circle K on St. Landry.

Police said it took a long time to go through all the surveillance video collected, and much of it had to be watched in real time. Police said they saw the footage Thursday and then had to get it enhanced in order to positively identify Mickey.

Images of missing Louisiana student Mickey Shunick caught on surveillance tape the night of her disappearance have prompted police to wonder whether three vehicles seen in the tape might be involved.

Via Nancy Grace Blog:
Mouton told HLN the vehicles of interest include:
• A white, four-door truck that was travelling in the same direction
• A white, four-door Chevrolet Z71, also headed in the same direction
• A 80’s or 90’s GM model vehicle with rear right body work, travelling in the same direction
• A white truck with a bed cover that was travelling in the opposite direction about three minutes after Mickey passed through the area

Authorities have not determined whether two of those images show the same vehicle.

The current vehicle of interest is a newer model white Chevy Z71, 4 door pickup truck seen on St. Landry Street heading in the same direction of Mickey. It is unclear if the white four door pickup truck seen going in the opposite direction of Mickey is the same vehicle and/or is still a vehicle of interest.

Video surveillance captured images of an 80’s-90’s Oldsmobile with bondo on the passenger side rear quarter panel and a white GMC or Chevy pickup truck with a bed cover on University after Mickey traveled on these streets. Both have been identified by police and cleared.


Bicycle Found:

On May 27th Lafayette Police are confirming that Mickey Shunick’s bike has been found beneath the Whiskey Bay I-10 Bridge at Exit #127, 27 miles from her estimated area of disappearance. Some local fisherman located the bike and notified police through the tips line. The entire area and the river are being searched for clues and evidence.

Fishermen found the black Schwinn bicycle on Sunday in the Atchafalaya River, near the bank under a highway interchange in a swampy area of Iberville Parish, La. Cpl. Paul Mouton said only a bit of the frame was out of the water when the men discovered it. Police also gathered other "items of interest" at the location where the bike was found, but did not elaborate, KATC.com reported.

Speaking at a press briefing, though, Corporal Paul Mouton was quick to point out that such assumptions are premature:

“The one thing that we don’t want to jump to conclusions and the thing we didn’t want to release the damage to the bike initially is because the first initial assumption would be that it was struck by a vehicle. We do not know that for a hundred percent that that’s where that damage came from.”

Mouton said that the tire, which had a bent rim with the tire “dislodged from the rim itself”, was the only visible damage to the bike.

“Our belief currently is that the bike was dumped beneath the bridge and was not thrown from the bridge,” Mouton said.

http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/vide...ssing-shunick-bike-found.hln?iref=videosearch

http://kpel965.com/mickey-shunick-p...bike-vehicles-of-interest-still-being-sought/


In regards to carnival workers via Jane Velez-Mitchell:

JON LEIBERMAN, INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER: Well, police are very concerned that the fact -- the fact is that this area is very close to I-10 which as you know is a main thoroughfare that runs all the way out to California. That`s one thing.

The second thing is look, police know this young lady did not just vanish. So they are right now, they`re back canvassing at that bar. They`re at red light camera video. They`re gathering all the surveillance video that they can and they are essentially also looking at employment records from the people who were supposed to work at that carnival, the Cajun Heartland State Fair.

We understand police are looking at the employment records and any criminal history of anybody associated with that event, just as one more avenue that they`re exploring to help find this young lady.


Tasha Patterson’s detailed account of her run-in with the white GMC via Nancy Grace:

Joining me right now is another special guest. This is Joy Patterson. Her daughter was approached by this white male in a white vehicle very similar to that vehicle seen in the Mickey surveillance video.

Ms. Patterson, thank you for being with us. What does your daughter say happened?

JOY PATTERSON, DAUGHTER RODE IN SUSPECT VEHICLE (via telephone): Well, my daughter was going home from a doctor`s appointment at 2:00 o`clock in the afternoon on South College Drive (ph), and the man gave her a ride to Walgreen`s six blocks -- about six blocks down the street.

And during the ride, the man -- she told the man that she was looking for work (INAUDIBLE) When she`s about to exit the vehicle, he tells her (INAUDIBLE) having sex with him for $80. During the course of the ride, he also told her that he likes to go driving around Lafayette, looking for pretty young girls to pick up.

PATTERSON: It was a white GMC Sierra 2500 series, Texas (ph) edition (ph). It was a white truck with a black cover on the bed. And she said that this man appeared to be in his 50s or 60s.

GRACE: Did the vehicle have tinted windows, or does she recall, Ms. Patterson?

PATTERSON: Yes, it had tinted windows.

GRACE: Did?

PATTERSON: Yes, ma`am.

GRACE: OK. Could you give me your best description of the male?

PATTERSON: Like I said, he was an older male in his 50s or 60s. He did happen to mention that he was retired.

GRACE: Did he have any facial hair?

PATTERSON: Did he have any facial hair? No, no facial hair. Gray hair and balding --

GRACE: And I believe he was heavyset?

PATTERSON: Yes. And he said he was retired.

GRACE: Was there anything else about the vehicle that she could remember? For instance, was there a gun rack? Was there a decal on it? Was it a -- did it have a back seat cab where somebody could also sit in the back?

PATTERSON: No, no. He did not have a gun rack. There`s nothing else, no details or anything else that she could remember about the vehicle. But there was a lot of chrome, she said, a lot of chrome on the vehicle.

GRACE: Was it a four-door truck?

PATTERSON: Yes, it was a four-door vehicle, an extended cab.

GRACE: Did she get a license plate?

PATTERSON: No, she did not. And I know that because --

(CROSSTALK)

PATTERSON: I`m sorry, that was my grandson. I know that because when it happened, she called me immediately after it happened, and I asked her about a license plate number and she did not get his license plate. She was very shooken up when it happened.


Miscellaneous Facts about Mickey:

• She had plans to travel to New Orleans on Monday, May 23rd, to celebrate her birthday with her sister.
• Mickey is a Senior Anthropology major at University of Louisiana at Lafayette (ULL).
• She has 16 pets.
• “She rides her bike everywhere. She is so fast, strong; an excellent biker. She was training for Bike Across America next summer,” Josh Coen said.


Important Transcripts and Videos:

CNN – Jane Velez-Mitchell – 5/22/2012
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1205/22/ijvm.01.html

CNN – Jane Velez-Mitchell – 5/22/2012
http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/vide...vm-missing-college-student.hln?iref=allsearch

CNN – Jane Velez-Mitchell – 5/22/2012
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/crime/2012/05/22/jvm-rowe-family-appeal-for-missing-daughter.cnn

CNN – Jane Velez-Mitchell – 5/23/2012
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1205/23/ijvm.01.html

CNN – Jane Velez-Mitchell – 5/23/2012 (snip from an earlier video aired again I think)
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2012/05/23/exp-jvm-mickey-shunick.hln

CNN – Nancy Grace – 5/24/2012
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/crime/2012/05/24/exp-ng-missing-coed-mickey-shunick.hln

CNN – Nancy Grace – 5/28/2012
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1205/28/ng.01.html

CNN – Jane Velez-Mitchell – 5/29/2012
http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/vide...ssing-shunick-bike-found.hln?iref=videosearch

CNN - Jane Velez-Mitchell – 5/29/2012
http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2012/05/29/exp-jvm-mickey-shunick.hln?iref=videosearch

CNN – Jane Velez-Mitchell – 5/30/2012
http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/vide...jvm-mickey-shunick-truck.hln?iref=videosearch
***The pics of the trucks are much clearer in this JVM video than in released stills, particularly the truck with the bed cover!!

CNN – Jane Velez-Mitchell – 6/6/2012
http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/vide...exp-jvm-lousiana-shunick.hln?iref=videosearch

KPEL Press Conference in Regards to the Missing Bike
http://kpel965.com/mickey-shunick-p...bike-vehicles-of-interest-still-being-sought/


Links Used to Verify Facts:

http://www.theadvertiser.com/articl...till-no-answers-Shunick-case?odyssey=nav|head
http://www.katc.com/news/community-rallies-together-to-search-for-mickey-shunick/
http://www.nbc33tv.com/news/local-n...-it-home-community-search-party-seeks-answers
http://nancygrace.blogs.cnn.com/2012/05/23/college-student-22-vanishes-while-riding-bike/?hpt=ng_mid
http://www.hlntv.com/video/2012/05/23/where-mickey-shunick
http://www.theadvertiser.com/articl...es-missing-woman-s-neighborhood-friendly-safe
http://gma.yahoo.com/mickey-shunick...e-missing-083453291--abc-news-topstories.html
http://www.wafb.com/story/18617502/find-mickey-now-the-search-continues
http://www.amw.com/missing_persons/case.cfm?id=80100
http://www.theadvertiser.com/articl...KING-NEWS-Shunick-captured-video-truck-sought
http://www.katc.com/full-coverage/searching-for-mickey-shunick/
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlin...-police-seek-driver-looking-to-pick-up-women/
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/mickey-shunick-search-continues-missing-students-bike-found-16442567
http://www.theadvertiser.com/articl...IKE-FOUND?odyssey=mod|breaking|text|FRONTPAGE
http://www.klfy.com/story/18570540/missing-mickey-shunick
http://theadvocate.com/home/2944447-125/shunick-bicycle-found
http://www.theadvertiser.com/articl...sey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE&nclick_check=1
http://www.lafayettela.gov/Police/Press_Releases.asp?PR_Id=4677
http://www.galesburg.com/newsnow/x1832957230/Monmouth-native-s-daughter-missing
http://www.hlntv.com/video/2012/05/30/shunick-pi-jvm
http://www.shreveporttimes.com/arti...ed-out-Shunick-investigation?odyssey=nav|head
http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/justi...ng-louisiana-student-case/?playlist_id=163972
http://www.theadvertiser.com/articl...earch-Texas-Equusearch-returns?nclick_check=1
http://www.examiner.com/article/pri...shunick-case-says-he-has-suspect?CID=obinsite
http://www.theadvertiser.com/section/news08
http://www.theadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2012206140305
www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9A5PVGhvBQ
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/05/3...t-mickey-shunick-found-damaged/#ixzz1yp8XfQDR
http://www.hlntv.com/article/2012/05/29/missing-co-eds-bike-found?iref=storysearch

Awesome work!!! Thanks for all your time and effort!!!!
 

lol. Keep calm. It was an older model, body style prior to this. And a section of the outside of the bed folded down and could be used as storage or tools. I think what everyone is seeing is inside the bed, so not the same thing. I'm still not sure that I see a tool box or just a square box of crate, or something similar.
 
Here are some mechanics' mats:

images


v34.jpg


stdmat36x22.jpg


portablemechmatopen.jpg


I couldn't find a perfect match, but I found a couple that could look squarish.

In reference to the rear right wheel well.
l.jpg


I've gotta say it looks metallic to me. and the letters/numbers in the center have a stamped look. I reserve the right to change my mind if they share another frame of the video.

That's what I have thought also. Somewhere back in the threads I thought maybe even a floor mat since some of them have a large square label on the underside. Either way, I have always thought that something was there to prevent something from scratching the truck. As if maybe they were moving items to a new house or business.
 
Did anyone else see the article in today's Baton Rouge paper telling how an employee of Lafayette PD left his 11 month old son in the car and went into work. When he left work, he ran errands with his dead son's body in the car. He didn't realize the child was still in the car until his wife called him to find out where the baby was. Lafayette PD chose not to release the family's name! If it were you or me, our name would be splashed all over the media! Special protected privileges for members and staff of Lafayette PD!

Thats how rumors get started! Here's the link. http://theadvocate.com/home/3197776-125/baby-death-investigated-in-lafayette
http://www.klfy.com/story/18885876/child-left-in-car-dies
 
Be patient with me guys..I have a truck question here. In the picture of the truck going in the opposite direction of Mickey, there appears to be something hanging from the back of the truck. I'm not sure if a) this truck has been ruled out and b) if this has been discussed before so feel free to correct me....It looks like something called "truck nuts"
Gross...I know... but I've seen alot of vehicles with these on them. They are literally what their name sugests. I will try to post a pictures below. Let me know what you think

http://www.websleuths.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=22802&d=1338273993

http://ts1.mm.bing.net/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=4539368729936232&id=29d1083018ad5172b25d74bb48419051

Sorry if it is too graphic. I can remove it if I need to.
 
My husband is a photographer and I brightened this pic. I'm not sure, but it looks to me like a back sliding glass.... Do the Z71's have those?

Yeah sometimes, but I don't see what or where you mean. I'm trying to see how you can see the back glass? Not sure I understand.

Can some of you look at the pic of the DWT please. I'm trying to figure out if that is really the toolbox everyone is referencing hanging off the side of the bed above the right rear tire. Its yellowish in color if that helps. I think its a box of some kind mounted on a pole. Maybe electrical, traffic control or controls for a pump station of some kind? Any pictures from there that look in the direction?

/All this time I've been looking in the bed of the truck for a tool box. I'm:abnormal:
 
He didn't sleep very well, always trying to remember or stew over something somebody said that he should know and didn't anymore. Over the course of the next six years a few different times he would stop in the middle of a tv show.. and say "hey, I remember......" but no, his memory never came flooding back. A lot of stuff before he went missing was gone. The psychologist hypnotist person said under hypnosis that he said he felt hit from behind with a board (like a 2x4) and robbed by the bank. He did cash his check that day after work, according to the bank. But, He didn't even remember going to work that day. He knew I was his wife, doesn't remember details of the day we got married. He knew his family but forgot how to get to their house. That's just how it went. It was rough..I remember not knowing where he was, was the most horrible feeling ever. I searched ditches, rivers, by myself..the entire three months. I thought he was dead then. I knew if he was alive, he would be home for the holidays..he loved them. His mother thought he just took off and made a new family and would come home when he felt like it. People react so differently..

Oh, Mahouston, that had to be so hard. It must have taken a huge stress toll on you. That your inlaws acted that way is just unbelievable.

One of the strangest things about this story is how it must be that someone assaulted him and then he ended up so far away. Sounds like he may have hitched a ride but just didn't remember where home was.
 
Yeah sometimes, but I don't see what or where you mean. I'm trying to see how you can see the back glass? Not sure I understand.

Can some of you look at the pic of the DWT please. I'm trying to figure out if that is really the toolbox everyone is referencing hanging off the side of the bed above the right rear tire. Its yellowish in color if that helps. I think its a box of some kind mounted on a pole. Maybe electrical, traffic control or controls for a pump station of some kind? Any pictures from there that look in the direction?

/All this time I've been looking in the bed of the truck for a tool box. I'm:abnormal:

I definetly see something like a side rail tool box with a cable or something... lol hanging down the side, the shape is odd and it cannot be a reflection. the yellow hue could be a reflection from road sign or box logo. Whatever the box is is seems short as in length of the bed, and it appears to hang over the side, the lip seems longer than most side rail toolboxes. almost like a saddlebag setup. it does appear to have a white logo center front. I thought maybe a winch setup, fuel transfer tank, custom ice cooler, of course tool box .... Thanks for all of your work on identifying the trucks. it made me comfortable that the truck following Mickey was not the truck going in the opposite direction. You did a nice job posting the links for comparison:)
 
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Thanks for all of your work on identifying the trucks. it made me comfortable that the truck following Mickey was not the truck going in the opposite direction.

So, if we're to believe there were 2 separate (but very similar) white trucks captured on video surveillance across from the Circle K ... wouldn't that mean that NEITHER of those drivers have come forward?? Seems like at least one of them would have. Does that mean that we have 2 separate WT drivers that have no idea LE wants to speak with them?? Hmmm....:waitasec:
 
Wonder if the Shuniks know about this as they have been making a big deal about being in control of the page and not wanting other pages out there? Is this a Shunick approved FB page?


Not sure about the answer to your question, Boudin, but this is outrageous, imo:





video of FRED RADTKE taking down MICKEY Schunick posters in NOLO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=zQVU7g5D9Ys


http://www.facebook.com/​NewOrleansEffortToBringMickeyHo​me

HEY EVERYONE! I was just sent this video of FRED RADTKE taking down MICKEY posters. #1 Everyone should write to him and tell him how horrible it is for him to do that. #2 Let's share this video everywhere so everyone can know who is responsible for hindering our efforts. #3 WE NEED TO POST MORE FLIERS because of people like this
 
Okay, I've posted numerous times before about DWT. The only truck in question is the White 2009-2011 Body style Z71 seen by the ROAD SIGN. The truck is either identical or similar to this one... http://gtcarlot.com/colors/car/33882668.html . Even with the blurry photo I am almost positive those are the same rims as the screen capture. The other truck in the screen capture seen from the backside has been questioned. Again the only truck left in question is the White Z71 pictured infront of the Circle K near the road sign.
 
Be patient with me guys..I have a truck question here. In the picture of the truck going in the opposite direction of Mickey, there appears to be something hanging from the back of the truck. I'm not sure if a) this truck has been ruled out and b) if this has been discussed before so feel free to correct me....It looks like something called "truck nuts"
Gross...I know... but I've seen alot of vehicles with these on them. They are literally what their name sugests. I will try to post a pictures below. Let me know what you think

http://www.websleuths.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=22802&d=1338273993

http://ts1.mm.bing.net/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=4539368729936232&id=29d1083018ad5172b25d74bb48419051

Sorry if it is too graphic. I can remove it if I need to.


Some of y'all may not be familiar with how popular these "ornaments" can be around here and they come in all colors :blushing:.
I see what you're seeing but think these would be hanging too low..(lol!)
If someone nifty could breakdown the back of the truck (I've always seen a tailgate down with something on it but I've watched yall argue about that many threads ago) maybe we could see if it is plausible they're truck nuts?
 
Wonder if the Shuniks know about this as they have been making a big deal about being in control of the page and not wanting other pages out there? Is this a Shunick approved FB page?

They know about it. Charlie "Liked" this page via her personal page.
 
Not sure about the answer to your question, Boudin, but this is outrageous, imo:



http://www.facebook.com/​NewOrleansEffortToBringMickeyHo​me

HEY EVERYONE! I was just sent this video of FRED RADTKE taking down MICKEY posters. #1 Everyone should write to him and tell him how horrible it is for him to do that. #2 Let's share this video everywhere so everyone can know who is responsible for hindering our efforts. #3 WE NEED TO POST MORE FLIERS because of people like this

I have sent a copy of the link to the N.O. Mayor's office and have also called United Way, since he is clearly displaying their organization on his t-shirt while he does his deeds.
 
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