***ARREST*** Mickey Shunick, 21, Lafayette 19 May 2012 - #32

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jujube said:

Some do and some don't. Ted Bundy and John Wayne Gacy come to mind.

This is a very interesting article on serial killer myths. Read through the whole article:

http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/criminal_mind/profiling/s_k_myths/index.html

A couple of things that stood out:

Outside of dumb luck, the number one way serial killers are caught is through the help of the public.

The typical scenario in a serial homicide investigation follows a well trodden path. First, the police try not to let the public know there is a serial killer out there. If they get lucky, there will be only a small paragraph in the local paper and within a short time, everyone will forget about the murder. Then, hopefully the killer will move to another jurisdiction. If he doesnt stop killing in your jurisdiction, just keep denying that the string of murders in your community are linked. Before DNA actually linked the death of five women in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in 2002 the police steadfastly told the community there was no serial killer on the loose. This was rather hard to believe considering how many women were dead. The words of victim Pam Kinamores brother-in-law, Ed White, sum it up rather well. The truth is I dont care how many of these cases have been linked by DNA evidence. The truth is either we have one serial killer in Baton Rouge or we have a lot of killers in Baton Rouge, and either way weve got a serious problem here.

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chicken fried said:

Just my opinion, but a lot of little things add up for me to point toward the idea that the family/LE think they're onto a lead solid enough that public assistance is no longer required. This could mean one of many things - alive/not alive - maybe building a case against someone - maybe having already cut a deal with someone - maybe several other things.

But the silence is deafening, and I pair that with what I consider a notable lack of requests from the family, the PI, or LE for any more public input than they already have.

I am hoping/thinking that the silence may be building to some sort of resolution.

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cluciano63 said:

Charlie has been posting pictures of a car that had Mickey's photo and info painted on it...and is posting about a benefit later in July, as well as other info and requests for help on her FB all week. I don't think they are any further along, even if LE does have something brewing (which I doubt) the family is not always filled in until the last moment.

I don't think they would be working on a benefit event four weeks off if they had info and were just waiting for an arrest.

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aviatrix said:

After everything, I still go back to the beginning here. I still believe it is important that someone stoled B's bike and left it in the graveyard. To me, something was going on before MS was taken. The simplest answer is the best. Sure, it could be a random and serial killer, but given the number of people who disappear and who are later accounted for by a random serial killer, it would lead me logically to believe it was not a random serial killer. The next place to look is the last person who saw her or the last place we know she was. Then we have to look at interests of either her or the people she hung out with. We know that she bicycled, rode horses and was a college student in anthropology. But we really don't know about her friends who hung out late at night and rode bicycles across town at 2 a.m. I still find that a little odd. I lived and live in a couple of college towns and that is rare where I lived. I understand the culture may be different in Lafayette. I have a locals question then. If I was at the local Circle K at 2 a.m. on a Saturday night this weekend how many bicyclists would I see? Last year at the same time, on a Saturday night at 2 a.m. -- how many bicyclists would I see? I guess what I am trying to understand is -- I do not believe this was random. I believe the perp was somewhat local. The perp is connected in with either friends or their friends. In my opinion this case will be solved when some other deal goes bad and the perps friends squawk. That is why the case needs to be in the media. Unfortunately I do not believe this case has a happy ending for anyone.

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who knew? said:

I disagree - if this were the case, why would they still be having fund raisers? If they know either where she is, or who "did" the deed, why would they be planning fund raisers for the end of July?

Also - IMO - that is not MS on the bike at the Circle K. Look closely at the bike. The handlebars are much wider on the bike in the picture than in the pictures of MS on her bike with the gold grips. This is just MO and I could be wrong. I think it is just another small blonde on a bike. Like many locals have said, there are a lot of people riding their bikes at 2 a.m.

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:+:MrTT:+: said:

http://www.trafficland.com/city/LFT/camera/7473/

My vision is not what it used to be.
Could this be LEOs?
Or persons fishing?

False alarm.
They had a boat.
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bootsieq said:

i'm sure this has been discussed but i haven't read every single post in every single thread (i have to sleep sometime!) so my question is, have we determined whether or not the DWT has a front license plate? IIRC, LA is a state that requires front and rear plates, so if the DWT is missing the front plate, it would give pretty good reason to believe it's from out of state (not TX, since they also require both). obviously, someone from LA could be just not using both plates, but that would draw more attention the perp wouldn't want if he were trying to get away with a crime. i admit, i could be remembering incorrectly and LA may only require one. someone let me know? i will mention that Arkansas only requires one plate, and i think Mississippi is the same.

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:+:MrTT:+: said:

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Can anyone make out this vehicle. Its just setting there?
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chicken fried said:

LA only uses a rear plate. This makes it likely that it was a LA truck, though as you mention, other states - especially Mississippi have only one as well. Lots of Mississippi trucks in Lafayette.

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chicken fried said:

Just my opinion, but a lot of little things add up for me to point toward the idea that the family/LE think they're onto a lead solid enough that public assistance is no longer required. This could mean one of many things - alive/not alive - maybe building a case against someone - maybe having already cut a deal with someone - maybe several other things.

But the silence is deafening, and I pair that with what I consider a notable lack of requests from the family, the PI, or LE for any more public input than they already have.

I am hoping/thinking that the silence may be building to some sort of resolution.

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chicken fried said:

The "social-media team" and the P.R. machine have taken on a life of their own... they have momentum that may not always trace the facts of the case, I'll bet. I am not taking future planned events as definitive evidence of anything. A homegrown operation has grown up around the family, and also the members of it may not be privy to what members of the family may know.

Were the family to know something important, but be required by LE to keep it quiet, then they would have to keep the PR thing going, just to keep the secret.

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SteveP said:

BBM Not necessarily, They could just clam up, Seemes to be working for LE. JMO

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chicken fried said:

Just my opinion, but a lot of little things add up for me to point toward the idea that the family/LE think they're onto a lead solid enough that public assistance is no longer required. This could mean one of many things - alive/not alive - maybe building a case against someone - maybe having already cut a deal with someone - maybe several other things.

But the silence is deafening, and I pair that with what I consider a notable lack of requests from the family, the PI, or LE for any more public input than they already have.

I am hoping/thinking that the silence may be building to some sort of resolution.

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aviatrix said:

The other thing that bothers me is the fact that right as our suspect truck goes by the Circle K someone is running. I find that odd. I would presume that most people at 2 a.m. are probably more staggering or mellow and not running into a Circle K. If i staked out that particular Circle K on Saturday night at 2 a.m. I wonder how many bicyclists I would see and how many people running across the parking lot I could count. If I lived in Lafayette, I would walk into that Circle K at 2 a.m. on a Saturday night and ask the clerk who was working that night and what they say they saw. Most likely their answer is going to be they cannot talk about it -- but I have a hunch something was going on outside with that white truck and with the person running across that parking lot. I don't work at a Circle k, but I have done security work at 2 a.m. and ain't nobody runnin nowhere. Most of the time I have to prod them to get moving.

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