LA - Mickey Shunick, 21, Lafayette; 19 May 2012 - #23

[ashola_nola]

I so admire your optimism, and like any other theory, it's possible.
Many of us have had that same sort of hope on previous cases that are still waiting to be resolved....Kyron Horman, Holly Bobo, Lauren Spierer are ones that come to mind. With little info coming from LE to the public on these missing folks, we WANTED to believe LE had the suspect in their sights but were just gathering probable cause. In Kyron's case, LE told us it would be wrapped up in a week. That was 2 years ago.

I do not want to dash hopes here, and I have MUCH admiration and appreciation for LE. I just haven't recently followed a case where it happened that LE knew who they were after and then several weeks later nabbed him when all their ducks were in a row. Maybe some other members have different experiences and could discount my opinion, and frankly, I'd be thrilled and delighted to hear that. I have not enjoyed developing this pessimistic attitude in my old age.

I have to admit, I don't have much close personal experience with abductions/missing persons cases... only murder. The case that follows is quite different and much less hopeful. I am generally not an optimist, but I guess I'm running with whatever little hope I have that the story could end differently for the Shunicks than it did for us years ago.

 

[katydid23]

One possibility is that LE may have already honed in on their prime suspect, and they don't want to tip them off to that fact while they dutifully build their case against that person. That person would be under constant surveillance in the meantime while LE awaits that magic moment of having probable cause for arrest.

Of course that's sheer conjecture...and I could be way off on the matter.

That is exactly what happened in the recent Sierra Lamar case. While we were in that forum, complaining and whining about LE not finding anything, they had already figured out who the killer was, had put a GPS on his car, found his DNA on her abandoned purse, and searched his home. They tailed him for weeks, hoping he would lead them to her, alive or dead.

So I hold my tongue in this case now, wishing and hoping that maybe the same kind of thing is going on here.

 

[slowlybutshelly]

One last post before I leave. I hate gas stations at night. I would not feel anymore safe there than on the route she was headed.

Perhaps she was not followed by said white truck. but a swamp monster.....

 

[chicken fried]

I may not be back on her for a while. I am exhausted. Keep up the good work everyone. LOVE LOVE LOVE

I think we all feel this. just think how the family is feeling. I wonder if they have managed in any way to do anything to step back for a moment to breathe.
Probably not :-(

You need to rest up and also don't be afraid.

 

[chicken fried]

That is exactly what happened in the recent Sierra Lamar case. While we were in that forum, complaining and whining about LE not finding anything, they had already figured out who the killer was, had put a GPS on his car, found his DNA on her abandoned purse, and searched his home. They tailed him for weeks, hoping he would lead them to her, alive or dead.

So I hold my tongue in this case now, wishing and hoping that maybe the same kind of thing is going on here.

Exactamundo. A watched pot never boils.

 

[slowlybutshelly]

Humor

I did not play monopoly much in childhood. If I had, maybe I would have realized not to be so sensitive in adulthood. That you speed, pay a fine, bounce back..go forward. Obvioulsy the PERP did not play the monopoly game enough in life to learn his lessons young.

Monopoly.....never realized it was so pertinent to real life!

 

[who knew?]

I may not be back on here for a while. I am exhausted. Keep up the good work everyone. LOVE LOVE LOVE

OT - but I am worried about you. Please see a dr NOW. (You sound agoraphobic.) A dr can lead you to the appropriate specialist and give you meds to help. The world is really not a bad place - you just have to take normal precautions and the likelihood of something happening to you is nil.

 

[A.C.I]

One last post before I leave. I hate gas stations at night. I would not feel anymore safe there than on the route she was headed.

Perhaps she was not followed by said white truck. but a swamp monster.....

The Parlangua?

 

[Schmidty]

The Parlangua?

As a kid the campfire stories of the Loup Garou scared the heck out of me but I always thought he had a really cool name.

 

[BayouBecky]

Maybe since Chicken Fried said the security guard at the old OLOL had noticed Mickey turning on St. Julien?

Oh. Hmm. Well, like I said, I tried to catch up as best I could, and still felt like I'd missed a lot. I guess that's one of the things that I missed.

 

[Cortne]

One last post before I leave. I hate gas stations at night. I would not feel anymore safe there than on the route she was headed.

Perhaps she was not followed by said white truck. but a swamp monster.....

Maybe so. Now eat sleep.. DRINK!!

 

[Foxfire]

This is truly astounding. I often wonder what circumstances would cause me to suddenly change the course of my life. I would not want it to be a murdered child. And to keep doing this and reaching out when one's heart cannot be broken any more. I commend TES; I would have handed the reigns over to someone else long ago.

RE: I would have handed the reigns over to someone else long ago

No you wouldn't, slowbutshelly

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZ4U-nFPtc4"]Htown Hero--Tim Miller, Texas EquuSearch - YouTube[/ame]

Htown Hero--Tim Miller, Texas EquuSearch

 

[helpful]

An incident on my way home from work this afternoon got me thinking.

I walk about two miles from my office to my apartment. Today, I was about a block from home when I saw a man at the bus stop. He was probably about 70 and had a white cane.

As I was walking past, he asked me for help. He couldn't read the schedule (obviously) and had been waiting for a long time because another bus driver had given him wrong directions. Our transit authority has a system that you can text for the next bus at a particular stop, but it's not very useful if you can't read the stop number and can't see the keys on your phone to text.

I admit I hesitated: he was bigger than I am (not difficult) and I thought about Mickey. I decided to stop because it was broad daylight, we were on a busy road, he didn't have a vehicle, and the whole blind thing. I helped him out and waited with him to make sure he got on his bus. All was well.

However, as I finished walking home, I considered that Mickey might have stopped to give someone directions. Maybe a driver waved her over, or shouted a request for directions. I hate to say it, but girls, especially, are taught to be polite and sometimes it's hard to say no or just walk away, especially to older men. Maybe she thought someone was lost in an unfamiliar city in the middle of the night and legitimately in need of help. Has this hypothesis been discussed at any length?

Also, it pretty much stinks that criminals have made it so that nice people have to stop and think before they help someone in need.

 

[bessie]

I'm not going to mention New Orleans anymore...

Based on the posts I'm reading now (not just yours), I'd say that's an excellent idea.

 

[ashola_nola]

RE: I would have handed the reigns over to someone else long ago

No you wouldn't, slowbutshelly

Htown Hero--Tim Miller, Texas EquuSearch - YouTube

Htown Hero--Tim Miller, Texas EquuSearch

Wow. Crying in my dinner.

 

[ashola_nola]

Hey - did KATC mention anything tonight after KLFY pretty much faked us out?

 

[OldSteve]

"Cadaver and forensic canines brought into Shunick search; Texas Equusearch returns"

http://www.shreveporttimes.com/arti...rch-Texas-Equusearch-returns?odyssey=nav|head

The dogs used - Special K-9s conducts searches with dogs that can distinguish between animal and human bodies while searching water, land, ash and vehicles.

 

[Lacole]

An incident on my way home from work this afternoon got me thinking.

I walk about two miles from my office to my apartment. Today, I was about a block from home when I saw a man at the bus stop. He was probably about 70 and had a white cane.

As I was walking past, he asked me for help. He couldn't read the schedule (obviously) and had been waiting for a long time because another bus driver had given him wrong directions. Our transit authority has a system that you can text for the next bus at a particular stop, but it's not very useful if you can't read the stop number and can't see the keys on your phone to text.

I admit I hesitated: he was bigger than I am (not difficult) and I thought about Mickey. I decided to stop because it was broad daylight, we were on a busy road, he didn't have a vehicle, and the whole blind thing. I helped him out and waited with him to make sure he got on his bus. All was well.

However, as I finished walking home, I considered that Mickey might have stopped to give someone directions. Maybe a driver waved her over, or shouted a request for directions. I hate to say it, but girls, especially, are taught to be polite and sometimes it's hard to say no or just walk away, especially to older men. Maybe she thought someone was lost in an unfamiliar city in the middle of the night and legitimately in need of help. Has this hypothesis been discussed at any length?

Also, it pretty much stinks that criminals have made it so that nice people have to stop and think before they help someone in need.

I agree with you on that it is very hard to be rude to people esp. Like someone you just mentioned I've been stuck in a few situations myself where I was even asked for a ride an actually agreed to one person ... If you have a soft heart people tend to pick up on it fast ... Very good point!!!!

 

[mamamia54]

Wow. Crying in my dinner.

Me too, seriously, that was his baby girls body that had laid there. Just kills me.

 

[LSUFanGirl]

I'm thinking the cell phone probably went in with the bike. He wouldn't want her to be able to get it and use it to call for help.

Very true, that is assuming it wasn't broken in the initial abduction. However, I think I remember reading/hearing something about the phone being turned off at some point that morning. I cannot find the source for that anywhere, so maybe I am mistaken.