MI MI - Eric Franks, 40, Buena Vista Twp, 21 March 2011 - #1

[Eric's mom]

Has Vee had any luck contacting LE?

Maybe Vee will post. Last time I heard, she had not heard back.

 

[Eric's mom]

Have you heard from Monica/CUE again? Is there a possibility that a search could be requested, scheduled, and coordinated for the radius around the Airport Road and Miller's motel properties?

Eric's pictures and story is featured on the CUE website.

 

[Roselvr]

Find Eric Lee Franks FB page blurb
Eric Lee Franks age 38 missing from Saginaw MI March 21, 2011. Crime Stoppers Anonymous tip line 989-495-5557 Family run. Click about to see more.
Description
Eric Lee Franks age 38 missing from Saginaw MI March 21, 2011

VITAL STATISTICS -

Age at Time of Disappearance: 38 years old
Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 6ft; 175 pounds
Distinguishing Characteristics: White male. Black hair; brown eyes.
Marks, Scars: Both ears pierced; Left big toe was partially cut off and there is no nail.
Dental - full dentures
DNA - profile in NamUs

Car - Bronze 2001 Chevrolet Malibu Sedan OHIO plate EMH4902 Expiration year 2012


CIRCUMSTANCES OF DISAPPEARANCE - Eric Franks has been missing for three years. If he is alive, Eric Franks would be 41 years old, but his family hasn't heard from him in more than three years. Reportedly last seen departing Miller's Motel driving a medium bronze four-door 2001 Chevy Malibu; Eric and his car simply vanished without a trace. That, right now, is the story of Eric Franks, who moved from Ohio to the Bridgeport MI area in late 2010. Eric lived at Miller's Motel in Bridgeport Township. He moved here to be close to his daughter and a former girlfriend. She told police in Ohio that she saw Franks on March 21, 2011, removing his belongings out of his motel room. The motel owner tells a different story about that day. He says he did not see Franks on the date of March 21, 2011. He just saw his girlfriend removing some items from his motel room.

Contact Det/Sgt. Gary Thomas (989) 495-5560 Case number 31-495-13
Michigan State Police Tri-City Post 2402 Salzburg Road Freeland; Michigan 48623
Crime Stoppers Anonymous tip line through the Michigan State Police/Tri-City Post 989-495-5557

NamUs https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/17348

CUE Center - http://www.ncmissingpersons.org/tag/eric-lee-franks/
North American Missing Persons Network http://www.nampn.org/cases/franks_eric_lee.html
The Charley Project - http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/f/franks_eric.html
Project Jason http://projectjason.org/forums/topic/3303-missing-man-eric-franks-mi-3212011/

Find Eric Lee Franks FB https://www.facebook.com/FindEricFranks
Where is Eric L Franks? http://whereisericfranks.wix.com/whereisericfranks
Go Fund Me donations - Family run - findericleefranks

NEWS ARTICLES

No sign of Eric Franks, missing for more than 3 years
Posted: Mar 26, 2014 4:12 PM EDTUpdated: Mar 26, 2014 5:21 PM EDT
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[zwiebel]

What a lovely baby photo of Frank on that Facebook page.

It is easy to forget when adults go missing that their families haven't 'just' lost an adult family member - that person is their baby too, no matter how old that person is now.

https://www.facebook.com/FindEricFranks/photos_stream

ETA: Thanks for putting all those links together Roselvr!

 

[mikkismom]

Happy Mother's Day Eric's Mom! I wish Eric were here to do it himself!

 

[Roselvr]

What a lovely baby photo of Frank on that Facebook page.

It is easy to forget when adults go missing that their families haven't 'just' lost an adult family member - that person is their baby too, no matter how old that person is now.

https://www.facebook.com/FindEricFranks/photos_stream

ETA: Thanks for putting all those links together Roselvr!

I still have to get all of the articles on the blurb

 

[Eric's mom]

Happy Mother's Day Eric's Mom! I wish Eric were here to do it himself!

Thank you. My husband and I were married for 6 years and really wanting to have a baby. Eric was a precious gift. Our daughter about 4 1/2 yrs later equally precious.

 

[Momoffourboys]

Happy Mother's Day, Eric's Mom. Wish you would get the gift you so much deserve.
IMO There is, at least, one person who can help with that.
Why is LE so nonchalant about a man who has been missing for three years with suspicions surrounding his disappearance? Something doesn't jive.

 

[Eric's mom]

Happy Mother's Day, Eric's Mom. Wish you would get the gift you so much deserve.
IMO There is, at least, one person who can help with that.
Why is LE so nonchalant about a man who has been missing for three years with suspicions surrounding his disappearance? Something doesn't jive.

Thank you. I hope you enjoyed your day with your 4 boys !

I know I was told from the beginning that other "local" cases took precedence over his, making it seem they didn't consider him local. That to me was not right.As I stated on my TV interview in Saginaw, Eric went to Saginaw, he disappeared there and the answers were there ! They didn't have a body or his car, but they weren't looking for any tangible evidence. Some neighbors of FG and husband said they thought Eric's car might have been in the pole barn and it was dismantled there. The phone calls to animal control places might have been questions about how to dispose of a large animal. These are things the police should have dug deep into. After the police heard of the motel owner's version of FG's story, they stopped thinking that Eric just disappeared because he wanted to. Even then, they didn't do a body search, saying no one would give permission. Of course, they did and would have given permission...no one had even asked the property owners for permission. Even tho the officer said from the beginning he knew FG was lying, he seemed to take her word sometimes as truth even tho Eric was not there to say if it was truth or not. I was asked if I knew why FG lies and was told it is because she drinks ! We were also told that the reason she gave different stories about the last time she saw Eric was that she got confused. That just doesn't make sense. She surely didn't get so confused that she gave 5 different stories about last seeing or hearing from Eric. She changed her story trying to cover her tracks of her getting a house with Eric. I believe something happened to Eric in that house. Now that I know FG's father- in-law was a former police officer and maybe FG's dad was one also and they have close ties to a former judge in Saginaw, I'm back to some of our original suspicions. I obviously do not know exactly what happened to my son, but I do not believe the original investigation was handled thoroughly or correctly. The MI state police agree, but say they can't go back and investigate things that were done even if not done properly. I don't understand why FG's stories about a man who has been missing 3 years hasn't led to her at least being held for questioning and suspicion of being involved. I know she is having some very challenging issues in her life right now, but this is her opportunity to get Eric's story in the national news if she had nothing to do with his disappearance. But then she told the news reporter in Saginaw off camera that she didn't care what happened to Eric. If she has that kind of attitude, why didn't she just leave him out of her life and maybe he would still be alive and with his wife and other family. Why mess with his life and her own daughter's life as tho they were her pawns.

 

[Momoffourboys]

Thank you. I hope you enjoyed your day with your 4 boys !

I know I was told from the beginning that other "local" cases took precedence over his, making it seem they didn't consider him local. That to me was not right.As I stated on my TV interview in Saginaw, Eric went to Saginaw, he disappeared there and the answers were there ! They didn't have a body or his car, but they weren't looking for any tangible evidence. Some neighbors of FG and husband said they thought Eric's car might have been in the pole barn and it was dismantled there. The phone calls to animal control places might have been questions about how to dispose of a large animal. These are things the police should have dug deep into. After the police heard of the motel owner's version of FG's story, they stopped thinking that Eric just disappeared because he wanted to. Even then, they didn't do a body search, saying no one would give permission. Of course, they did and would have given permission...no one had even asked the property owners for permission. Even tho the officer said from the beginning he knew FG was lying, he seemed to take her word sometimes as truth even tho Eric was not there to say if it was truth or not. I was asked if I knew why FG lies and was told it is because she drinks ! We were also told that the reason she gave different stories about the last time she saw Eric was that she got confused. That just doesn't make sense. She surely didn't get so confused that she gave 5 different stories about last seeing or hearing from Eric. She changed her story trying to cover her tracks of her getting a house with Eric. I believe something happened to Eric in that house. Now that I know FG's father- in-law was a former police officer and maybe FG's dad was one also and they have close ties to a former judge in Saginaw, I'm back to some of our original suspicions. I obviously do not know exactly what happened to my son, but I do not believe the original investigation was handled thoroughly or correctly. The MI state police agree, but say they can't go back and investigate things that were done even if not done properly. I don't understand why FG's stories about a man who has been missing 3 years hasn't led to her at least being held for questioning and suspicion of being involved. I know she is having some very challenging issues in her life right now, but this is her opportunity to get Eric's story in the national news if she had nothing to do with his disappearance. But then she told the news reporter in Saginaw off camera that she didn't care what happened to Eric. If she has that kind of attitude, why didn't she just leave him out of her life and maybe he would still be alive and with his wife and other family. Why mess with his life and her own daughter's life as tho they were her pawns.

BBM

I believe you answered your own question.
It is and always was about $$$.

 

[MIMOMMY]

Bumping for Eric

 

[Eric's mom]

One of the BV officers that came to meet with us and the prosector made the statement to the prosecutor, "See, I told you can find anything now on the internet." Well, he's right! I see where FG's husband was on probation for several months for a crime in another state. It seems the neighbors had good intuition.

 

[zwiebel]

I am being very careful here but....the latest video? Talk about the elephant in the room.....

Former girlfriend now believes she is immune from any further questioning about Eric's disappearance, I believe. Even though she appears to have been the last known person to have seen him, and have given inconsistent information.

Tragic circumstances have given her a pass. She may be right. She might never have to answer a single question from authorities here on earth again.

....but some people believe it's not authorities here on earth a person has to worry about, come judgement day. I suppose we will all find out, one day. Some sooner than others.

 

[zwiebel]

Meanwhile, I would say that getting a reputation for being a state where people can just disappear, no questions asked, is something Michigan wouldn't want.

But that's just my opinion. I don't have to live or visit there.....I would like to visit one day though, as long as I know it is safe.

 

[zwiebel]

So...the question for me is, if someone is putting themselves out there, all over the internet and MSM, in order to raise money for personal reasons.....is it okay for them to still expect privacy with regard to anything they would prefer to forget?

Like....freedom of the press is okay, as long as it suits me?

 

[Nymeria]

I am being very careful here but....the latest video? Talk about the elephant in the room.....

Former girlfriend now believes she is immune from any further questioning about Eric's disappearance, I believe. Even though she appears to have been the last known person to have seen him, and have given inconsistent information.

Tragic circumstances have given her a pass. She may be right. She might never have to answer a single question from authorities here on earth again.

....but some people believe it's not authorities here on earth a person has to worry about, come judgement day. I suppose we will all find out, one day. Some sooner than others.

Zweibel, what video are you talking about?

TIA!

 

[Nymeria]

Meanwhile, I would say that getting a reputation for being a state where people can just disappear, no questions asked, is something Michigan wouldn't want.

But that's just my opinion. I don't have to live or visit there.....I would like to visit one day though, as long as I know it is safe.

Please don't blame all of Michigan for this particular instance.
I agree this case was handled horribly by the original LE.
But you can't say an entire state is inept because of this (or that you would not be "safe" anywhere in Michigan!).

 

[Nymeria]

So...the question for me is, if someone is putting themselves out there, all over the internet and MSM, in order to raise money for personal reasons.....is it okay for them to still expect privacy with regard to anything they would prefer to forget?

Like....freedom of the press is okay, as long as it suits me?

I think I am missing something again :waitasec:

Do you have some new info Zwiebel?

 

[Roselvr]

Meanwhile, I would say that getting a reputation for being a state where people can just disappear, no questions asked, is something Michigan wouldn't want.

But that's just my opinion. I don't have to live or visit there.....I would like to visit one day though, as long as I know it is safe.

I've been very active in MI; this is not typical.

I think I am missing something again :waitasec:

Do you have some new info Zwiebel?

Yes there is new info. Eric's possible daughter has been diagnosed with a million to one rare disease. To top it off; so has the mother; same DX but more typical of someone her age. They're all over the news raising money for treatment for the daughter

 

[Nymeria]

I've been very active in MI; this is not typical.



Yes there is new info. Eric's possible daughter has been diagnosed with a million to one rare disease. To top it off; so has the mother; same DX but more typical of someone her age. They're all over the news raising money for treatment for the daughter

I am literally speechless.
I saw some of this alluded to in prior posts but I never knew what was being referenced.

She has discussed Erics case in interviews?

Thank you for info Rose.
Going to look into this more later....seriously, I am floored.

I sent a request to Dateline about possibly covering Erics case on an episode, but have not heard back yet.
I wonder if Erics Mom is allowed to tell them about this.
It would certainly bring even more interest to his case (that the last person to see him is now in the news...).

PS- EricsMom, not saying his case is not worthy of being featured, just that we all know these shows like to have stories that "grab attention". This new situation would add to the feature, I should think.