LA - Mickey Shunick, 21, Lafayette, 19 May 2012 - #20

[WideOpen]

In the CNN transcript the text received is in a different sequence.
BW: "We picked up the food. We drove back here. She ate. At that point, a friend from the venue earlier got in contact with me. My phone died. They then called Mickey, touched base, checked that -- where we were. She told them, I`m with Brettly, went to Taco Bell, we had some food."
And here:
"Yes. You know, she was -- she always had it on. Always had somebody to contact her. And I know -- and that night in particular she had received a phone call from a friend. Also before she left she received a text message, and to the best of my knowledge, she hadn`t mentioned anything about the phone being about to die or anything like that. "
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1205/24/ng.01.html

I couldn't access theadvertiser link if it conflicts. I've exceeded my free views today.

Thanks for this! I knew I had seen there was a text after the 1:31 am call.

JMO

 

[bessie]

bbm. We have not focused much on the possibility that Mickey could have left willingly, b/c everyone close to her insists it was NOT a possibility. With the lack of evidence and no distinct crime scene, it would almost seem like the most logical explanation. What reasons do people have to disappear themselves into thin air, to not be found by people searching high and low?

from a thread way back:

[ame="http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showpost.php?p=7961100&postcount=247"]Websleuths Crime Sleuthing Community - View Single Post - LA LA - Mickey Shunick, 21, Lafayette, 19 May 2012 - #2[/ame]

 

[KateB]

Regarding the RM rumors, does anyone know if he has to wear a monitoring device as part of his release pending sentencing? Could be why he's not a POI.

 

[justwannahelp]

http://kpel965.com/independent-article-fuels-speculation-about-mickey-shunick-disappearance/

See comments at bottom. I won't repeat here.

hmmmmm. maybe we should try to figure his alibi for that night and morning. his alibi must have panned out, otherwise he'd be in custody. i think it's just a silly girl saying silly things that she heard through the grapevine, but it's worth looking into.

 

[GulfCoastKAT]

I wonder if we try to rebuild her night in sequence with only facts if we would see anything different.

Evening at Artsmosphere
Leaves with BW bikes to his house to get his car
leaves bike and drives thru TBell caught on video
Text from friend to MS
Drives with BW to his house to eat
Receives call from friends about Mels 1:30
Leaves on bike for ride home
Dad leaves home 2:30 for work MS not home yet
Appro. 9am Sat CS starts trying to find her
No show for graduation
Reported missing by mom/CS
BW questioned and poly given
LPD releases videos
MS on video at 1:48 and 1:51
LPD asks drivers of 2 wt and hoopty to come forward
Bike found at WB 5 days later sumerged in water
LPD questoned RM and released
Hoopty and 1 wt cleared

As you noticied I didnt include all the disussion regarding wt because its not fact. Please lets try to piece the facts together or add as necessary any I've left out.

•She received the call from friend's while at Taco Bell. First they called BW's phone, his died, they called MS.
•Went to BW's to eat.
•MS got a text (according to BW).
she left to go home.

 

[JurysOut]

bbm. We have not focused much on the possibility that Mickey could have left willingly, b/c everyone close to her insists it was NOT a possibility. With the lack of evidence and no distinct crime scene, it would almost seem like the most logical explanation. What reasons do people have to disappear themselves into thin air, to not be found by people searching high and low?

from a thread way back:
(well that didn't work! that is the post number though)

I would say his video is definitely Kony-inspired.

I want Mickey to be found more than anything! So no tomatoes please. As I am searching for her, and not finding anything, I wonder "Is she near here? Is she in California? Is she in Europe?" I can't imagine being out there searching for my own kids, going days/weeks/years not knowing where they are or what happened to them. I want so badly for her parents, brother, and sister to be able to stop living this way--for her to be found and all their questions to be answered.

Too lazy to go back and find yet another quote I am thinking of, but someone, more recently, said that we should take a step back and look at what's right in front of us, rather than come up with all sorts of wild explanations. When we look at what's in front of us, we see her, we see these cars and trucks, then we don't see her. And we don't see any of her belongings. All we see is POOF! She's gone. Sure there are all sorts of explanations. But what is the easiest one, that we've completely dismissed from the very beginning?

What about the bike? Would she have left the horse she was trying to sell?

How unusual is it for a 21 year old to disappear themselves and is there any evidence that she had a reason to want to escape her life?

I agree we might be getting a bit granular. The lack of evidence of any kind of event is a brick wall.

IDK.
Was she meeting someone no one knew about?
Did someone from Artmosphere catch wind of her solitary ride?
Did she want to escape her life?
45 minutes is a long time in the dead of night when most of your world is sleeping.

I really thought accident or creeper grab, but there's apparently zero physical evidence of either happening in or out of any camera's range. It's like she rode into the Bermuda Triangle.

 

[crzimmer]

Regarding the RM rumors, does anyone know if he has to wear a monitoring device as part of his release pending sentencing? Could be why he's not a POI.

Interesting question

 

[justwannahelp]

What about the bike? Would she have left the horse she was trying to sell?

How unusual is it for a 21 year old to disappear themselves and is there any evidence that she had a reason to want to escape her life?

I agree we might be getting a bit granular. The lack of evidence of any kind of event is a brick wall.

IDK.
Was she meeting someone no one knew about?
Did someone from Artmosphere catch wind of her solitary ride?
Did she want to escape her life?
45 minutes is a long time in the dead of night when most of your world is sleeping.

I really thought accident or creeper grab, but there's apparently zero physical evidence of either happening in or out of any camera's range. It's like she rode into the Bermuda Triangle.

seriously. either the bermuda triangle or yanking a girl and her bike without anyone noticing is alot easier to do than you'd think it'd be

 

[Mimiof8]

I wonder if we try to rebuild her night in sequence with only facts if we would see anything different.

Evening at Artsmosphere
Leaves with BW bikes to his house to get his car
leaves bike and drives thru TBell caught on video
Drives with BW to his house to eat
Receives call from friends about Mels 1:30
Receives text from friend
Leaves on bike for ride home
MS has a backpack. Vera bradley wallet, mace, phone, pipe
Dad leaves home 2:30 for work MS not home yet
Appro. 9am Sat CS starts trying to find her
No show for graduation
Reported missing by mom/CS
BW questioned and poly given
LPD releases videos
MS on video at 1:48 and 1:51
LPD asks drivers of 2 wt and hoopty to come forward
Bike found at WB 5 days later sumerged in water
LPD questoned RM and released
Hoopty and 1 wt cleared

As you noticied I didnt include all the disussion regarding wt because its not fact. Please lets try to piece the facts together or add as necessary any I've left out.

Added changes

 

[LafayetteMom]

In regards to RM--we know that all sorts of websites, this one and others, are being monitored by LE. I think it totally possible that the person on unnamed site who first brought up the specific info pointing to RM, led LE to check him out. Or that same person may have called LE. Who knows. That person may be a pot stirrer, and with RM's past, and similar vehicle or access to friend's similar vehicle, it was something to talk about.

I just hope there is something new soon. Everyday I hope today is the day that Mickey will be found. And everyday so far, I have to wish that again for tomorrow

 

[crzimmer]

hmmmmm. maybe we should try to figure his alibi for that night and morning. his alibi must have panned out, otherwise he'd be in custody. i think it's just a silly girl saying silly things that she heard through the grapevine, but it's worth looking into.

Yes, I agree. But it is a persistent rumor. It has a lot of legs. Doesn't mean it is true, though.

 

[ashola_nola]

seriously. either the bermuda triangle or yanking a girl and her bike without anyone noticing is alot easier to do than you'd think it'd be

I think the latter, considering the distance she traveled without surveillance.

 

[GulfCoastKAT]

i can't find 2 of my previous posts or answers to the questions in them, so i'll try again. do the i 10 cameras record footage or are they just live for traffic?

DOTD's cameras are live. They do not record.

 

[charminglane]

Does Artmosphere have cameras?

Could she have gone back there for something? She left something behind and wanted to catch the employees before they left for the night?

Where did Mickey go? Mickey~ please give us a sign!

 

[HouDat]

http://kpel965.com/independent-article-fuels-speculation-about-mickey-shunick-disappearance/

See comments at bottom.

Geezus that's a good way to get one's sued for libel/slander (not sure which is applicable in social media scenarios) and defamation.

 

[LafayetteMom]

I really thought accident or creeper grab, but there's apparently zero physical evidence of either happening in or out of any camera's range. It's like she rode into the Bermuda Triangle.

Would that be much different than joining the Witness Protection Program? Would that be a situation in which someone gets scooped up in the middle of the night?

I don't know the answers to the other questions.

 

[rhapsdy]

does anyone think it's odd that the picture grabs from the video in front of the circle K aren't the exact same view? what I mean is....the one of MS riding her bike is a full frame, where the released photo of the WT has been cropped. I'm not sure if this is of any relevance or not, but I find it weird that they would choose to crop one closer, but not the other.

see links:

http://findmickeynow.com/mickey1.jpeg

http://www.lafayettela.gov/upload/images/Police/PressReleases/Picture%202.jpg

 

[JurysOut]

Added changes

I'm really sorry, I know this can be irritating -

I thought the last image of MS was 1:47, not 1:51.

It's late & 0500 is creeping up on me. I might be fuzzy.

 

[BayouBelle_LA]

Geezus that's a good way to get one's sued for libel/slander (not sure which is applicable in social media scenarios) and defamation.

Libel is written, slander is spoken.

 

[charminglane]

For a little levity~

I'm may not a be great Websleuther, however i did just find my missing witchy hat sock between the washer and dryer just now!