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

[psyquestor]

I agree with the poster above. What kind of person would say such things or act so heartless towards a grieving Mother? Perhaps someday when your granddaughter is away from her Mom, she will contact you. She may have information that would be helpful. She has your number now, so you never know; she could contact you at a later date.

FWIW I would have told her to go ahead and phone the cops - they need to be talking to her about Eric's disappearance.

((((hugs))))) So sorry for the additional hurt she caused you.

 

[zwiebel]

When we met face to face with Eric's former girlfriend, I told her I had heard that she and her daughter had cancer and asked how they were doing. She said they were doing alright and were fine. She told me I wasn't needed. I told her I would like to meet my granddaughter. She said, "You aren't her grandmother because Eric is adopted." That was cruel. Eric has been our son since he was 5 wks old. I understand that Eric's former girlfriend is also adopted, so I guess that means none of her relatives are related to her daughter either. I don't know about her family, but in our family an adopted child is equal to a biological child.

Your son's child is sorry that he's missing. He never got to be the opportunity to be an active dad, thanks to the mom who never told him. But the fact that he is missing causes his daughter sorrow - and mom could maybe help take that sorrow away, by helping police with the investigation into his disappearance.

I'd do that for my daughter, if I had one. Wonder why she doesn't?

O/T but in Daytona Beach, there are new searches for a cold case, a woman missing since 2011. I love counties that pursue cold cases - though it must be pretty uncomfortable for any perps living in those counties, hoping their crimes have been forgotten!

http://newsdaytonabeach.com/plea-deal-leads-to-search-for-murdered-holly-hill-woman/

 

[Eric's mom]

I got in touch with one of Eric's friends that we moved next door to when Eric was 7. He said he was still friends with Eric on facebook, but had not talked to him in about 3 yrs. He said he did not know that Eric was missing. He immediately posted Eric's missing poster on his facebook page and asked friends to spread the word. He said he last talked to Eric while he was in MI. He said Eric talked a lot about OH and about a woman who was his lost love and the one who got away. He said he would do anything he could to help.

 

[Eric's mom]

So, what truck stop did you go to, Skiptracker? We hopefully will be in Saginaw before long and have plans to do some more legwork ourselves. What did the workers there remember about Eric ? I wonder why they didn't respond to the Crimestoppers request or to the police requests on tv for someone to come forward. Hopefully, they have some important information. That would be great.

 

[WithEyesWideOpen]

Thoughts from Eric's mom: This photo of Eric and his dad was taken just a week after we adopted him. We were so proud of him ! He weighed less then than our daughter did at birth. When we first saw him, he only had on a little undershirt and diaper. The bottle he had was the one from the hospital. We were told about this baby that was adoptable on a Friday and we saw him three days later. I remember someone saying we might want to look him over. All we did was fall in love at first sight. I remember my husband saying. "Is there any doubt?" We watched him grow into a 6' 1" man. In my mind, he is not just a missing man. He is my missing baby, my missing little boy, my missing teenager. Someone knows what happened to Eric in Saginaw, MI. If he is still "out there" somewhere, someone knows that. If he was killed, as the police have led us to believe, then someone knows about that also. I plead with whoever knows something to call Sgt. Det. Gary Thomas with the MI State Police and help our family with answers.(989) 495-5560.https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd...._=1413298150_5de3bd1e7c4ede2435adfda871157d99

 

[Eric's mom]

I noticed JLSChook is back on this thread. I missed your comments and our chats. I do hope your "presence" means your mother is much better. Welcome back.

 

[Eric's mom]

Thanks again to FBEye for putting our family in touch with Monica Caison and the CUE Center. It was good to finally put the face with her voice when we met in Florida recently. She is a nice person who has a heart for the missing and their families. I enjoyed meeting her 6 yr old grandson who gave me hugs. He saw me crying and asked me why. I told him that my son was missing and he said he was going to search for him. After the search for Austin Davis, he told me he searched for my son. With his little arms outstretched, he told me we can't give up !Precious child. The CUE Center is lining up tour host rally stops for their 11th Annual National Road Tour for Missing Persons and cases to be featured in the upcoming tour called "On the Road to Remember". The tour will set out on October 10th-18th of 2014. Monica told me earlier that they would be coming to Ohio and Michigan and they would see what they could do for Eric. So far they have hosted stops scheduled in CT, MINN, VA and NC. They will be going through IL, IA, NJ,OH and MI.

 

[Eric's mom]

Remember Eric has a community facebook page: FIND ERIC LEE FRANKS. So far this week there has been 51 new "likes" to his page making the total for the page 302. There were 1,808 people reached this week with posts. I try to write something often about Eric or what's happening with our search for answers. We try to update Webslueths also, of course, but the community page has been really great for getting shares of Eric's missing fliers, photos and information. These are then of course spread to many and then to many more all over various states. Thanks to Roselvr for setting that page up and to all who helped and have kept it going. Maybe someone somewhere will know something and come forward with information. We won't give up searching and doing whatever we can to find out what happened to Eric in 2011. Thanks to all of you good hearted webslueths who keep helping Eric's family and friends to find those answers.

 

[Momoffourboys]

Remember Eric has a community facebook page: FIND ERIC LEE FRANKS. So far this week there has been 51 new "likes" to his page making the total for the page 302. There were 1,808 people reached this week with posts. I try to write something often about Eric or what's happening with our search for answers. We try to update Webslueths also, of course, but the community page has been really great for getting shares of Eric's missing fliers, photos and information. These are then of course spread to many and then to many more all over various states. Thanks to Roselvr for setting that page up and to all who helped and have kept it going. Maybe someone somewhere will know something and come forward with information. We won't give up searching and doing whatever we can to find out what happened to Eric in 2011. Thanks to all of you good hearted webslueths who keep helping Eric's family and friends to find those answers.

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[Eric's mom]

Skiptracker: You spent a week in Saginaw, talked to people at a truck stop who say they remember Eric. Do you not think I would like to know what they said? My daughter and I were talking about this Friday and she said if someone knows something, surely they would say what they know. It has been 3 long years since I have heard from my only son. If you talked to someone who remembers him, please let me know what they remembered. Recently in Florida one of my sisters and I talked to the last person to see Eric or talk to him in Saginaw that anyone knows of and she refused to discuss it. I hope someday she and her family will have to answer questions in a court of law. If I knew something that would help a grieving family better understand what happened to their loved one, I would help them in a heart beat. Where is the human compassion?

 

[MIMOMMY]

Sending my love today!

 

[Momoffourboys]

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[Eric's mom]

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[Eric's mom]

Thanks to Tamara Thompson for the video tribute to Eric that she posted on YouTube. It has been shared on several facebook pages. She told me today that another tribute video is being put together by another person and will be posted when it is completed. She is dedicated to trying to help families of the missing find answers and the murdered have justice. She is a sweet person with a caring heart. If you watch her tribute to Eric, I'm sure she would appreciate a comment if you chose to leave one. She works with the Memphis Police as a full time job and helps with families of the missing and murdered by doing interviews and tributes after that job. The video made me cry, but I have done a lot of that lately anyway. Maybe soon we will get some answers about Eric. Maybe.

 

[Momoffourboys]

That is a beautiful tribute video, Eric's Mom. It is so obvious and clear how much Eric is loved, even to a complete stranger, such as myself. You see...this is human compassion. In your previous post you question Skiptracker about this. This question should be asked of several people. WHERE IS YOUR HUMAN COMPASSION?

 

[Eric's mom]

I got a message from Monica with CUE Center today asking to confirm that we want them to stop in MI and do something for Eric. Thanks to one of you Webslueth members who has volunteered to help us with that project. We will post more about the details as we find them out. Monica is to let me know a date. It is to bring recognition to the missing in each area where they stop along their tour. Eric's birthday will be in September, so the time to recognize him will be soon afterwards as the tour will be in October.

 

[Eric's mom]

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[Eric's mom]

I was asked by someone who posted on Eric's community facebook page and shared Eric's missing fliers to post something here on Webslueth's for him, as he is having trouble getting in. He just asked would I say that MJ is watching . If anyone knows what that means, I would be happy to hear about it. I figured anything to help find out what happened to Eric in Saginaw in the early months of 2011 is what I need to do. So, maybe MJ knows something we haven't figured out yet.

 

[Eric's mom]

http://gr8np.org/go/2J5 Thanks again FBEye ! I didn't know how to put your name in my review of CUE Center, but you know who you are !! I was happy to be able to write a review for an organization I truly believe is a good thing for the community of missing persons and their families. I am looking forward to this October and the opportunity to host something for Eric in Saginaw, Michigan. Even though the police do not seem to have time to do what they should be doing for Eric, it will be good to see volunteers paying tribute to him. The media will be there. Terry Camp with Ch 12 has said he will be there. One of you has volunteered to help and Eric's family appreciates you so much, MIMOMMY ! We appreciate ALL of you who just do what you can. You may not think that offering your written support means a lot, but I want to assure you it does. Eric's family has discouraging days and when I go to Webslueths, as well as Eric's facebook page, and read where people liked, posted comments, bumped, sent hugs, posted something funny it means more to us than you can know.

 

[WithEyesWideOpen]

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Thoughts from Eric's mom: Today has been one of those emotional days with mixed up feelings. I thought back to all of the years with our children when they were babies, toddlers, young children and then the teen years. I feel fortunate that both of our children had no really threatening childhood diseases or accidents. They had the normal happy life of average children. They both had lots of friends. This photo was taken in Crossville, TN where our children grew up. One of Eric's high school friends told me recently that Eric was one of the cool kids in school. He enjoyed skateboarding. His dad built a ramp for him to enjoy in our yard. He liked collecting comics and was a huge Star Wars fan. He enjoyed writing . He had girlfriends and close buddies. He fell in love for the first time while in Crossville and had a hard time getting over her when her family moved away. We feel blessed to have seen both of our children mature into adulthood. On the other extreme of emotions, I am feeling sad and teary today thinking that our oldest child and our only son has vanished without a trace. Someone had his phone using it for personal use, according to the police in Saginaw, MI. Some of the calls on Eric's phone were to salvage yards. His car can not be found either. Our family called all of the salvage yards in the area where Eric vanished from. The person who police say had Eric's phone made a private call to their own dentist. Another call was to someone who lived in Saginaw and the police say they went to the last known address and the person had not lived there in 2 years. I wish they had put out some kind of plea for the person to come forward since they know the person's name. I hope to locate that person. Eric's case needed more attention than it got from the beginning. A worried family should not have to also be worried about finding out things that the police should be looking into thoroughly. I appreciate what has been done , but enough will not be done until he is found. If you have any information about Eric's disappearance and can help his family find the answers we need, please call Det/Sgt Gary Thomas with the Michigan State Police. (989) 495-5560 or call anonymously (989) 495-5557 SOMEONE KNOWS WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR CHILD. PLEASE HAVE SOME COMPASSION. ANY OF US COULD ONE DAY BE THE VICTIM OF FOUL PLAY. WE WOULD ALL WANT SOMEONE TO HELP OUR FAMILIES FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED.