LA - ***ARREST*** Mickey Shunick, 21, Lafayette, 19 May 2012 #39

[bessie]

I had a brief text conversation with one of the search volunteers this evening. She said that they have searched 100,000+acres in the last 12 days. She said she is very tired but it is worth it.

:highfive: God bless the searchers! Send this to your friend from all of us. :grouphug:

 

[quueenie]

There are a few things that now stand out in my mind.

1st- If I remember correctly BSL was full of poison ivy/oak. In researching it, I learned that they both love roadsides and edges of fields...

http://www.poison-ivy.org/html/faq.htm

2nd- BSL was no rocket scientist, and didn't appear to have any legal knowledge. With this stated, someone had to help put together a Petition to be filed. At the time, he already had his injuries, was obviously driving a white truck... and more than likely an attorney would have signed the paperwork...

 

[quueenie]

FWIW

a week before BSL was arrested, A told everyone on the board that LE was getting ducks in a row and arrest would be made in exactly one week. they put a gag order on him soon after. so the fact that he posted that a week in advance is convincing. after the arrest he said his sil knew nothing about the upcoming arrest or the murder

I couldn't stop reading his posts!! So interesting watching it unfold!

 

[OtherEyes]

"The records given to the clerk about who was being booked into jail back in 2000 have been destroyed. It's unclear whether it's the police department who never told them"

http://www.katc.com/news/opelousas-city-court-will-pursue-12-year-old-case-against-lavergne/
:banghead:

Why would records be destroyed and not archived on computer? Seems strange, is it normal for records to be destroyed?

 

[Backwoods]

FWIW

a week before BSL was arrested, A told everyone on the board that LE was getting ducks in a row and arrest would be made in exactly one week. they put a gag order on him soon after. so the fact that he posted that a week in advance is convincing. after the arrest he said his sil knew nothing about the upcoming arrest or the murder

This brings up a question (just jumping off your post, justwannahelp): A gag order -- an official one -- doesn't it have to come from the judicial branch? And if so (because I am not completely sure that's true) -- do we know if this was an official gag order or LE just requesting that he not continue to speak...?

And -- if gag orders do come from the judicial branch -- aren't they usually public record? I mean, don't we usually hear, in media reports, "the judge issued a gag order", etc.

Just something I have been wondering about and meaning to ask.

 

[katydid23]

This brings up a question (just jumping off your post, justwannahelp): A gag order -- an official one -- doesn't it have to come from the judicial branch? And if so (because I am not completely sure that's true) -- do we know if this was an official gag order or LE just requesting that he not continue to speak...?

And -- if gag orders do come from the judicial branch -- aren't they usually public record? I mean, don't we usually hear, in media reports, "the judge issued a gag order", etc.

Just something I have been wondering about and meaning to ask.

I got the impression that the cops just asked him to stop talking about it and to stop posting. He knew about the impending arrest and such before it happened.

 

[Allusonz]

This has been an unusual case from the start. There have been a great number of locals that came here with inside knowledge. Thus the cajun net which seems to be a force all of its own.

We thought that there was a girl missing and then the twists and turns started.

Some of course comes from rumours which is dealt with in any case. The other thing I noted with the case was the absolute lack of information being released by LE.

Once a suspect was named we try to find out as much as possible. Unfortunately, in this case it has been virtually impossible to find out information that would normally be available.

Then came the aspect that there could potentially be more victims. Maybe even a serial killer. We had heard rumblings of many things but it was difficult to find verified information about simple things such as a car accident. The twists and turns this case has taken has had I would think many of us going in circles at times. We are as well dealing with families that are related it appears in various ways.

I believe there is more to come but we are going to have to be patient as that information has not been released.

I cannot think of a case that I have seen so many twists, turns, and locals so involved in. We have all been confused at times and I hope that some of the confusion will clear itself up which will allow us to focus on specific directions.

Maybe others that have followed more cases can think of a case this nuts, but I am sure this one must rank amoung some of the highest. HTH.

Have a super night all

 

[Backwoods]

For anyone interested, some info on gag orders:

gag order
n. a judge's order prohibiting the attorneys and the parties to a pending lawsuit or criminal prosecution from talking to the media or the public about the case. The supposed intent is to prevent prejudice due to pre-trial publicity which would influence potential jurors. A gag order has the secondary purpose of preventing the lawyers from trying the case in the press and on television, and thus creating a public mood (which could get ugly) in favor of one party or the other. Based on the "freedom of the press" provision of the First Amendment, the court cannot constitutionally restrict the media from printing or broadcasting information about the case, so the only way is to put a gag on the participants under the court's control. ... A gag order can also be made by an executive agency such as when President George Bush issued a gag order...

http://dictionary.law.com/default.aspx?selected=802

 

[heidisams]

This has been an unusual case from the start. There have been a great number of locals that came here with inside knowledge. Thus the cajun net which seems to be a force all of its own.

We thought that there was a girl missing and then the twists and turns started.

Some of course comes from rumours which is dealt with in any case. The other thing I noted with the case was the absolute lack of information being released by LE.

Once a suspect was named we try to find out as much as possible. Unfortunately, in this case it has been virtually impossible to find out information that would normally be available.

Then came the aspect that there could potentially be more victims. Maybe even a serial killer. We had heard rumblings of many things but it was difficult to find verifiedAllusonz information about simple things such as a car accident. The twists and turns this case has taken has had I would think many of us going in circles at times. We are as well dealing with families that are related it appears in various ways.

I believe there is more to come but we are going to have to be patient as that information has not been released.

I cannot think of a case that I have seen so many twists, turns, and locals so involved in. We have all been confused at times and I hope that some of the confusion will clear itself up which will allow us to focus on specific directions.

Maybe others that have followed more cases can think of a case this nuts, but I am sure this one must rank amoung some of the highest. HTH.

Have a super night all

Lol... Allusonz, by far the nuttiest case. But definitely the most heart!!!! I've been here since 2008 (lurked until last year), and I've never seen locals come out and search, donate, help out in any way like this group. Funny, I'm even starting to understand em... :smile:
And I agree, there is more to come, just hope we don't have to wait 2 years to get a lot of the answers. Unless he cuts a deal or starts talking, it looks like we may have to be really patient... Ughh...
Let's just hope we find Mickey!
And btw, I love all of your cajun passion! It's endearing...

 

[Backwoods]

I got the impression that the cops just asked him to stop talking about it and to stop posting. He knew about the impending arrest and such before it happened.

Wow, that kind of surprises me that LE would tip him off to that extent, before such a high-profile arrest!

But I guess there might have been concerns about keeping the SIL safe and maybe "out of the way", too.

 

[reedus23]

Not so sure it can even be done after a conviction...you know, years of appeals.

Stick him in general population until he tells. We might not be allowed to waterboard him, but there's nothing stopping Bubba from doing it....or worse.

 

[Backwoods]

To me, maybe the most galvanizing and memorable moment in Mickey's threads thus far was when the camera captures of her riding off toward home were found, released, and posted here! Oh, what a moment that was! A hopeful but urgent moment.

She looked so vibrant yet so vulnerable, out there on those streets. But after seeing those, I had so much hope she would come home safe.

Oh, I wish, I wish, I wish ....

 

[OtherEyes]

He has the right to petition. Chances are it would not have been granted. You never know though with the glowing report he received from the guy running the sexual offender classes. BSL was a peer tutor. That's the stuff of nightmares.

BBM
OH Dear!:what:

 

[gngr~snap]

Why would records be destroyed and not archived on computer? Seems strange, is it normal for records to be destroyed?

IMO they were never even entered into the system?

Luckily LE gives the victim a copy!

 

[AndiLA]

This has been an unusual case from the start. There have been a great number of locals that came here with inside knowledge. Thus the cajun net which seems to be a force all of its own.

We thought that there was a girl missing and then the twists and turns started.

Some of course comes from rumours which is dealt with in any case. The other thing I noted with the case was the absolute lack of information being released by LE.

Once a suspect was named we try to find out as much as possible. Unfortunately, in this case it has been virtually impossible to find out information that would normally be available.

Then came the aspect that there could potentially be more victims. Maybe even a serial killer. We had heard rumblings of many things but it was difficult to find verified information about simple things such as a car accident. The twists and turns this case has taken has had I would think many of us going in circles at times. We are as well dealing with families that are related it appears in various ways.

I believe there is more to come but we are going to have to be patient as that information has not been released.

I cannot think of a case that I have seen so many twists, turns, and locals so involved in. We have all been confused at times and I hope that some of the confusion will clear itself up which will allow us to focus on specific directions.

Maybe others that have followed more cases can think of a case this nuts, but I am sure this one must rank amoung some of the highest. HTH.

Have a super night all

I think the Brittney Wood case beats this one by a landslide as far as twists, turns and plain WTFery is concerned, but that case doesn't have nearly the amount of locals as this one. In LA, if you mess with one person, you done messed with the whole dang state.

 

[kdlpn]

WTFery.....love it

 

[Boudin]

It does sound very odd to be hovering for that long. I was at Lafayette General all day today and there was no activity around there earlier. There is a very large and public park in that area with a pond. Maybe searching there for something. Everything else around there is commercial buildings and homes.

Maybe the helicopter just brought some big shot politician to visit someone at the hospital. Since it's our tax dollars paying for gas most don't care how much fuel they use.

 

[NinjaPoof]

Question that I may have missed the answer to: I read several news reports (can't link from my silly phone ATM) that a farmer found what he thought were 3 shallow graves on his field not far from BSL's home. I read that they did check out and that LE dismissed them. We're they checked by cadaver dogs? Anyone whose been put in say bags (shudder) can be easily moved once dug up so long as they've not been there for too long. I can't stop wondering what 3 seemingly random shallow holes in the ground were doing so close to this guy's house.

But maybe it's just me.

Edit: NM I found the answer. Yes, dogs were assisting.

 

[Boudin]

right, i'm wondering if he was weaker due to blood loss. maybe not, though. the adrenaline probably counteracted any weakness. still he may have been hurting. don't killers usually try to weigh down a body when they put a body in water? it seems like that would have been "too much trouble" for him at that point, so i'm guessing he either put her in water NOT weighted down or put her on/in land.

do MOST serial killers revisit their victims' locations? that doesn't seem very smart to me, yet i keep hearing that they like to do this?? :waitasec:

I think a heavy chain- maybe with a heavy too attached- woulhaden hex a body down. As a mechanic he may have routinely carried both items in his truck.

 

[CajunCoDe]

You are right to be skeptical. The only reason I believe it is the timing. He posted the RSO page to ask for help in trying to prevent his SIL from marrying this creep. His concern was for the kids. And others replied to his posts giving advice about contacting the Parole officer and the DA and LE. And this was before the video of the DWT was even released. So I see no way it was any kind of a hoax related to Mickey.
Also, he wanted to remain anonymous because of his SIL and her kids. Also, someone commented to him that he should not post that RSO page in case the guy saw his picture on the forum. And he replied that the RSO was offshore for two more weeks. wow

He deleted all of his posts after the arrest.

Whoa, I just realized something. He did say BSL was OS for another 2 weeks. That was posted on the 26th I think. So he was obviously not OS.

And I can pretty much guarantee you that the media will not pick this up. That poster is NOT talkin to reporters in any capacity as far as I am aware. Maybe after the trial?