LA - ***ARREST*** Mickey Shunick, 21, Lafayette, 19 May 2012 #40

[IMPondering]

I had posted about this ... The lady who had told me said her friend went on a search around the river I have no clue where but anyway said that there was a lot of homeless people who were living there that the police had to clear out before it was safe to search. I have no clue if this true highly Likely that it's not the only reason I had brought it up is to see if anyone on here encountered the same situation. After posting this I tried searching online To see if I could find anything about this and I couldn't, to be honest I wish I wouldn't have posted it at all!

I have no idea about WB, as I did not search that area. I did search east of there and saw no homeless. However, we came across numerous sites by Northgate Mall and other areas of Upper Lafayette. Our group did hear someone clearing out as we were getting close to one vacant building.

It's amazing what people can make out of cardboard! Guess they're "going green" with that recycling.

 

[Passnthru]

Had anyone seen this link? This is the home that was burned down previously, where his trailer is now. In some of these pictures you can see how the yard was layed out.

http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/143-Elaine-Ln-Church-Point-LA-70525/2133139363_zpid/

That is the same house pictured in his mothers photos on her facebook.

 

[shann76]

That is the same house pictured in his mothers photos on her facebook.

It doesn't look the same to me. Her photos look like the inside of a mobile home imo...

 

[Kateinfl]

Was this house for sale or rent?

 

[Kateinfl]

nevermind..i just saw not for sale//lol

 

[Passnthru]

It doesn't look the same to me. Her photos look like the inside of a mobile home imo...

Your right I was just looking at the curio cabinet, LOL well we know that didn't burn.

 

[OceanMetTheSky]

Had anyone seen this link? This is the home that was burned down previously, where his trailer is now. In some of these pictures you can see how the yard was layed out.

http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/143-Elaine-Ln-Church-Point-LA-70525/2133139363_zpid/

Judging by those cabinets, that is the home he is in in the pictures with his mother which I think we're from 2010.

 

[OceanMetTheSky]

Your right I was just looking at the curio cabinet, LOL well we know that didn't burn.

Are you sure? It looks like it

 

[K.jill]

Your right I was just looking at the curio cabinet, LOL well we know that didn't burn.

Does anyone know if the house fire was severe enough that everything in it burned? Could the curio have been in a room that had little damage?
Or did someone remove special items before the fire?
Are fire records public?
.....I need a sleuthing tutor!

 

[chicken fried]

Just my opinion, but I don't think Mickey was left at Whiskey Bay at the same place as the bike.

My reason is that I have hiked down to the shoreline and he has some problems leaving her there:

It would be physically impossible, IMO, for him for have carried her out onto the bridge pillar. You have only an 18" ledge upon which to walk. I myself could have done it with a bike, but no way with 100+ pounds. No way not to fall off the pillar while trying to walk around it, due to her weight as he tried to swing around the pillar. Just no way.

That leaves either leaving her there by the bike, or somewhere else at Whiskey Bay. Now as I said this morning, there is a long dropoff to the water where the bike was found. An alligator would have problems getting up it, IMO. A vehicle cannot get down it. Were she left on top, I think she would have been found by someone.

As far as putting her in the water there, he would have had to drag her down a steep narrow path - he couldn't have carried her - he definitely would have fallen.

Once he gets to the water - the main problem is it would be hard to get her out into the current. The water is quite shallow for a distance out from the bank.
Of course, yes, he may have just left her right there. But that would mean that he didn't care if she were found. He would have been counting on no one going fishing there, or counting on wildlife to take action right away. I don't think she would have drifted far unless he had a way to get her farther out into the current.

Seems a big gamble for me - leaving her there right by the shore. You would have had scent - even wrapped up, likely, and drag marks, and deep shoe impressions due to the weight. He would have left a lot of evidence. His actions seem designed for her not to be found. Even the bike was under 2-3 feet of water, until it subsided - he didn't just dump it there in the gravel or the bushes, as he could have done.

Anything is possible, of course. I just lean against it. I think she was left somewhere else.

 

[Passnthru]

Does anyone know if the house fire was severe enough that everything in it burned? Could the curio have been in a room that had little damage?
Or did someone remove special items before the fire?
Are fire records public?
.....I need a sleuthing tutor!

I need new eyes, LOL. Looking back at the curio I now see it is not the same one in both pictures.

 

[cluciano63]

Just my opinion, but I don't think Mickey was left at Whiskey Bay.

My reason is that I have hiked down to the shoreline and he has some problems leaving her there:

It would be physically impossible, IMO, for him for have carried her out onto the bridge pillar. You have only an 18" ledge upon which to walk. I myself could have done it with a bike, but no way with 100+ pounds. No way not to fall off the pillar while trying to walk around it, due to her weight as he tried to swing around the pillar. Just no way.

That leaves either leaving her there by the bike, or somewhere else at Whiskey Bay. Now as I said this morning, there is a long dropoff to the water where the bike was found. An alligator would have problems getting up it, IMO. A vehicle cannot get down it. Were she left on top, I think she would have been found by someone.

As far as putting her in the water there, he would have had to drag her down a steep narrow path - he couldn't have carried her - he definitely would have fallen.

Once he gets to the water - the main problem is it would be hard to get her out into the current. The water is quite shallow for a distance out from the bank.
Of course, yes, he may have just left her right there. But that would mean that he didn't care if she were found. He would have been counting on no one going fishing there, or counting on wildlife to take action right away. I don't think she would have drifted far unless he had a way to get her farther out into the current.

Seems a big gamble for me - leaving her there right by the shore. You would have had scent - even wrapped up, likely, and drag marks, and deep shoe impressions due to the weight. He would have left a lot of evidence. His actions seem designed for her not to be found. Even the bike was under 2-3 feet of water, until it subsided - he didn't just dump it there in the gravel or the bushes, as he could have done.

Anything is possible, of course. I just lean against it. I think she was left somewhere else.

In the book about Derrick Lee's murders, it was stated that they believe he threw one of his victims from the bridge; she was found some time later. Another he must have carried down there, or taken her there and then killed her, as she was found on shore.

 

[GrannyA.]

Does anyone know if this is BSL's house on googlemaps? https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Beau...t,+Church+Point,+Acadia,+Louisiana+70525&z=20
I can't find an Elaine Rd, but this is in the approximate correct area, and has a white truck parked in front. The image is dated 2012. The reason I'm asking is because in the aerial view there is what looks like a lot of disturbed ground.

This is on N. Beaugh St. in Church Point. I believe it was said they lived there when BSL and his stepbrother were young. BSLs home is further up near hwy. 190 in St. Landry Parish.

 

[justwannahelp]

Her pipe was not glass. It was a ceramic cigarette, I.e. one hitter.

(I know this from the early search I was on)

i wonder if it was in a little wooden dugout. that seems like something he would keep with women's ids and whatever else he had. they probably found her little pipe in his trailer

i don't know if this is what she had, but i'm guessing
http://cdn100.iofferphoto.com/img3/item/205/530/342/dug-out-pipe-basic-2115.jpg

 

[justwannahelp]

Had anyone seen this link? This is the home that was burned down previously, where his trailer is now. In some of these pictures you can see how the yard was layed out.

http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/143-Elaine-Ln-Church-Point-LA-70525/2133139363_zpid/

can anyone tell if that's a white truck in the background
http://photos1.zillow.com/p_d/ISrpi3ympupmzn.jpg

 

[justwannahelp]

I had posted about this ... The lady who had told me said her friend went on a search around the river I have no clue where but anyway said that there was a lot of homeless people who were living there that the police had to clear out before it was safe to search. I have no clue if this true highly Likely that it's not the only reason I had brought it up is to see if anyone on here encountered the same situation. After posting this I tried searching online To see if I could find anything about this and I couldn't, to be honest I wish I wouldn't have posted it at all!

it's possible. i have heard of homeless people living along the mississippi river??

homeless people or not, do you know if this river search was a recent search??

 

[Allusonz]

Just my opinion, but I don't think Mickey was left at Whiskey Bay.

My reason is that I have hiked down to the shoreline and he has some problems leaving her there:

It would be physically impossible, IMO, for him for have carried her out onto the bridge pillar. You have only an 18" ledge upon which to walk. I myself could have done it with a bike, but no way with 100+ pounds. No way not to fall off the pillar while trying to walk around it, due to her weight as he tried to swing around the pillar. Just no way.

SBM

That would be assuming that the body was intact I would gather.

As well, Tim Miller has conducted countless searches and WB is his bet as well.

The fact is that this is a vast area, with a number of places that a body could be dumped. Many feel she is around his home and I respect their opinions. I personally don't feel that she is. I would do a 180 and look in that area, but alas that is simply my opinion.

Sadly, much time has passed. Due to hot temperatures, various weather patterns down there, I would think that their focus as to what they are looking for would be much different than what it was at the start.

 

[CajunLady75]

Judging by those cabinets, that is the home he is in in the pictures with his mother which I think we're from 2010.

If you look closely at those cabinets, they are different. One has more of a scalloped border on the front, the other has no scalloped edge just straight. They are similar but not the same.

 

[Allusonz]

Regarding dumping Mickey at WB, for some reason, I think this could be possible. My reasoning is because they searched the area for a very long time the day that they discovered the bike there. They stopped searching on 5/28 and returned on 5/31 with divers very late at night, I think they thought she was dumped there also.

JMO:
If TES is still here, I think that maybe they have connected other missing persons to BSL. It seems like by now, they would be running out of "tipped" locations to look for her. I am from Lafayette and KNOW that there are PLENTY of search areas, but it's impossible to search EVERY field around Acadiana.

You bring up some interesting points.

TES is very much in demand and are asked constantly to go to many places. If TES is still here I would have to think that maybe it may pertain to more than just MS which means we are talking a very different scenerio.

Oh and welcome

:welcome:

 

[justwannahelp]

Just my opinion, but I don't think Mickey was left at Whiskey Bay.

My reason is that I have hiked down to the shoreline and he has some problems leaving her there:

It would be physically impossible, IMO, for him for have carried her out onto the bridge pillar. You have only an 18" ledge upon which to walk. I myself could have done it with a bike, but no way with 100+ pounds. No way not to fall off the pillar while trying to walk around it, due to her weight as he tried to swing around the pillar. Just no way.

That leaves either leaving her there by the bike, or somewhere else at Whiskey Bay. Now as I said this morning, there is a long dropoff to the water where the bike was found. An alligator would have problems getting up it, IMO. A vehicle cannot get down it. Were she left on top, I think she would have been found by someone.

As far as putting her in the water there, he would have had to drag her down a steep narrow path - he couldn't have carried her - he definitely would have fallen.

Once he gets to the water - the main problem is it would be hard to get her out into the current. The water is quite shallow for a distance out from the bank.
Of course, yes, he may have just left her right there. But that would mean that he didn't care if she were found. He would have been counting on no one going fishing there, or counting on wildlife to take action right away. I don't think she would have drifted far unless he had a way to get her farther out into the current.

Seems a big gamble for me - leaving her there right by the shore. You would have had scent - even wrapped up, likely, and drag marks, and deep shoe impressions due to the weight. He would have left a lot of evidence. His actions seem designed for her not to be found. Even the bike was under 2-3 feet of water, until it subsided - he didn't just dump it there in the gravel or the bushes, as he could have done.

Anything is possible, of course. I just lean against it. I think she was left somewhere else.

to further add to your thinking and opinion, someone earlier stated - I THINK - that one of DTLee's victims found at WB was in the gravel and the other that was floating was believed to have been literally thrown from the bridge. So, that enhances the belief of not being able to get a body in the water easily unless thrown from the bridge or literally going INTO the water to put the body in the current. One would have to be pretty brave to go out in that water at night - alligators, snakes, currents - NO WAY!

i see that clucian already made this point. sorry to double post. i was a few posts behind and catching up.