One of the public faces of the occupation, Blaine Cooper, disappeared shortly after the initial arrests of the Bundys and others. Cooper was known for posting dramatic video updates from inside the refuge. He had also claimed that Arizona Department of Child Safety attempted to take his kids into custody while he and his wife, Melissa, were in Oregon, because of his involvement with the occupation.
Both Blaine and Melissa Cooper have gone silent since the arrests, except when Blaine Cooper called into a conservative talk radio show on Jan. 29. Blaine told the radio host he checks daily to see if a warrant is out for his arrest. If they tried to do anything to me, Im going to go the way LaVoy did, he said on the show.
The Coopers whereabouts are now unknown.