LA - Mickey Shunick, 21, Lafayette; 19 May 2012 - #18

[Dee10]

Just thinking out loud, if the bike wasn't thrown off the bridge like LE believes, it was found too close the boat ramp to need a boat IMO, I am thinking the person drove up to the boat ramp (in the dark) just for easy access to the water. The bike was appox. 20-22 lbs. & just picked it up, swung & heaved into the water. JMO

 

[chicken fried]

I understand what u are saying!

I just do not think they did that!

Its 2 am you have abducted a young woman and she is in your truck along with her bike.
Now you do not know how long u have to get rid of everything cause someone can be looking for her. U need to get rid of the bike u drive to whiskey bay and throw it over I think they will find her out there also.

JMO!

So you are saying that she was abducted for no other purpose than for being immediately thrown over a bridge to get rid of her? There was no other reason she was abducted, and so you went through the risk of an abduction to drive immediately to a bridge?

That seems kind of a pointless exercise, to me, unless there were a vendetta and this was a straight-up murder.

If she was abducted and kept for 2-3-4 days.... the bike DID turn up later, you know, then the perp has time to decide what to do and to make a decent plan, instead of a hurried one. Taking a boat out is a decent plan

 

[slander]

If you look really close at that pic you can see someone in the passenger window and what appears to be a dog in the back window!

I can't tell whether you're being serious or not, but there is too little detail in that blown-up picture to make definitive statements like this. I believe many people here are experiencing [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareidolia"]Pareidolia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame].

edit: Hmm, didn't expect the link to come out like that...

 

[LafayetteMom]

Thats why i asked if maybe they bought more than tacos at taco bell!
A little aca gold perhaps?

someone followed .

She left BW's right away she wasnt there long after taco bell...
probably ate in the car!


Just a thought peeps i have heard of drugs being sold out of drive thru windows at fast food places.

What you're saying is definitely possible. But BW says they went IN the house and she ate her food there, then went OUT the door to leave. Regardless of that, your theory could be worth thinking about.

 

[nerdita]

could a pontoon boat navigate the pilot channel?

 

[Eileen730]

I've looked at that picture every which way but Sunday. I see something, can't tell what it is, don't know what would make it look the way it does, but there seems to be something there. I can't see inside the truck, so lol, if you see that, sigh, I don't know.

I can see it! The passenger looks to have a hoodie on and maybe dark glasses the dog is large i can see his nose and ears and eyes!
LOL

 

[chicken fried]

I don't go along with the boat theory either. She and the bike are already in the vehicle. It's hard to imagine the perp transferring the bike or body to another mode of transportation. There are to many secluded places along the waterway that you can drive to dump anything.

You are assuming a hit-and-run. What if she were abducted for nefarious purposes over a 2-3-4-day period? She would have to come out of the truck wouldn't she? And then she would have to be out back in it, wouldn't she?

My scenario speaks to the perp keeping her for an undetermined period and then making a disposal plan.

That CANNOT be ruled out.

And a boat is the #1 best way to do it.

Deep water, folks... deep water.

 

[mamamia54]

I would still like some input on what the bright light under the truck is. When MS is at that location, there is no bright light on the ground under her. Would the truck's headlight reflect that much below it or is the light reflected off of something in front of the truck, bouncing back to the area under the truck?

I honestly can't make heads or tails of it. Yes, there is some light source under the truck, no, it's not there when Mickey passes. And it's not the light source that bothers me so much, as the tire. The tire is partially obscured by something, on both sides of it. If it ran over a bump, would the tire look like it was in the shape of a V like it does on that shot? I don't know, unless the tire was under inflated.

 

[kgeaux]

JUST A little FYI:

My brother was on a bicycle late last year and was hit from behind by a pickup truck. He DID sustain a closed head injury, but believe me, there was plenty of blood at the scene. His foot, for instance, was hanging on by a ligament. His entire left side was a giant, bleeding scrape. And while his bike was largely intact,the frame was bent, and there were pieces of his auxillary lights and other little pieces from the bike found all over.....even across the street from where he was hit.

I am not saying all vehicle/bike accidents would play out the same way, but I would be very, very surprised to not have any evidence of an accident at all.

 

[crzimmer]

I would still like some input on what the bright light under the truck is. When MS is at that location, there is no bright light on the ground under her. Would the truck's headlight reflect that much below it or is the light reflected off of something in front of the truck, bouncing back to the area under the truck?

Quoting my earlier post:

IMHO, the light source is a reflection off the road of the bright lights at Circle K. Look on Google Earth. The word "ONLY" is in large white letters in the left turning lane directly behind the location of the truck in the photo. The lettering material is likely highly reflective and the reflected light bouncing up under the truck toward the camera. I think the fact that the light falls on a line exactly between the light source and the camera is a pretty good clue.

You are right that it does not show up on the other photo, though.

 

[HouDat]

I SWEAR that driver's side door looks OPEN!

I see something shadow-like in the pic, on the driver's side of the truck.

It could just be a shadow.

OR...

I am open to the idea that there is a smaller vehicle -- a passenger car of a darker color -- directly beyond the truck, in the adjacent lane...nearly completely obscured by the silhouette of the truck. The headlight or side marker light could be reflecting off the pavement beneath the truck, creating the illusion some are interpreting as the light on the bicycle.

Thoughts?

 

[chicken fried]

Picture from me blowing up the area under the truck.

The white reflection is fresh, pressed asphalt, combined with a crease/bump in that asphalt.

It's shiny.

 

[Eileen730]

What you're saying is definitely possible. But BW says they went IN the house and she ate her food there, then went OUT the door to leave. Regardless of that, your theory could be worth thinking about.

If ya look at the time they left Taco Bell and the time she left BW's
It was not long at all.

Was someone angry that MS was with BW
Did someone follow them and then follow her home from his house?
Why didnt he call her to make sure she got home (very foolish)

I think there is more to this story!

 

[cluciano63]

Not to be morbid...but those who still believe Mickey is alive...may I can under what scenario?

 

[chicken fried]

Y'all are looking at the remaining oil slurry on fresh-pressed asphalt. It was very fresh, as you can see from this screencap, taken 10 days later:

 

[mamamia54]

Chicken, the problem that I'm having with this picture, is the truck tires that look not right, and if the light source is there, why isn't it in the picture with only Mickey?

 

[chicken fried]

You see the dark horizontal line that demarks the bump? The oil pooled there and reflected. It doesn't take much of an oil coating to reflect light. It must have been done that day, or a day or so earlier.

The bump made the tire go up.
The residual oil in the crease at the bump reflected the light.
The discolored, broken concrete in front of the patch looks like an object on a pixelated camera.

Look at it again.

 

[chicken fried]

Chicken, the problem that I'm having with this picture, is the truck tires that look not right, and if the light source is there, why isn't it in the picture with only Mickey?

Because Mickey was not a big truck casting a contrasting shadow. The reflection was there with Mickey too - you just couldn't see it due to the surrounding light.

 

[Foxfire]

'Were these robberies near Mickey's route on 05/19/2012'? Remember, word of her missing didn't hit the media until the next evening 05/20/2012. The suspect, Clifford Ledet of New Iberia, was arrested. New Iberia is over 20 miles due south of Lafayette. It would be logical to conclude that the robbing crew had access to a vehicle.
* Are these two incidents connected?


Thugs Punch, Kick And Kick Woman In Downtown Lafayette, One In Custody, Three Being Sought

http://www.katc.com/news/simple-robbery-arrest-police-still-searching-for-3-suspects/

Simple Robbery Arrest Police Still Searching for 3 Suspects

Posted: May 20, 2012 4:45 PM by Sharlee Barriere

* This morning at approximately 2:15 AM - Lafayette Police officers were flagged down by robbery victim, a 33 year old male of Lafayette

* 500 block of Jefferson Street

* As officers began to look for the suspects they observed 4 black males punching and kicking a 36 year old female victim on the ground

* One of the suspects ripped the victim's purse from her hand and began running

 

[Eileen730]

I would still like some input on what the bright light under the truck is. When MS is at that location, there is no bright light on the ground under her. Would the truck's headlight reflect that much below it or is the light reflected off of something in front of the truck, bouncing back to the area under the truck?

If that girl was under that truck there would be Blood and skin!
JMO