Oh yeah (forehead slap). I think that was actually my suggestion. :doh:
***ARREST*** Mickey Shunick, 21, Lafayette 19 May 2012 - #32
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Oh yeah (forehead slap). I think that was actually my suggestion. :doh:
LafayetteMom
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But they DO sell hard liquor at Walmart...
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Jose-Cuer...a-Jose-Cuervo-R-Especial-Gold-1.75-l/12167136
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=14118968
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I was so hoping that with today being a holiday and so many people off work and out and about, perhaps this would be the day that someone found Mickey or something that may bring this to a close. As a parent, the only thing I can imagine worse than losing my child would be to have my child just disappear and never be found and never have any kind of closure. She needs to get home.
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Wow...here in NC, Walmart and convenience stores can sell beer and wine, but hard liquor can only be legally sold through state-run ABC stores.
True. Still, ain't nuttin' stopping him from inquiring to whomever holds the records to that info at ULL. I'm really hoping LPD looked into it already and shame on them if they didn't/haven't. ACI can pursue whatever avenue he deems worthy ... he doesn't have to make his findings public.
Been looking at the booze governing laws in Louisiana ... looks like it CAN be sold 24/7 which surprised me. No time restraints other than on the bars. Was always under the impression the stores stopped selling at 2 am as well.
Still don't think a "drunk" liquored up perp committed this crime abducting MS though. Are drunks that meticulous when it comes to "cleaning up" ???
Still don't think a "drunk" liquored up perp committed this crime abducting MS though. Are drunks that meticulous when it comes to "cleaning up" ???
I don't really like saying this but, without this case being front & center in the media every day ... it is basically falling by the wayside sadly enough. I mentioned the case the other night at a large gathering I was at and almost everyone I mentioned it to looked at me with a "what are you talking about" look on their face. When I went into a bit more detail they were like "oh yeah, I heard about that" and unfortunately, the conversation moved quickly on to another topic. I'm a voracious crime follower but ... most folks are not even if the crime is in their own backyard.
Kidnappng for Ransom in the US
[ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidnapping"]Kidnapping - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame]
Kidnapping for ransom is a common occurrence in various parts of the world today, and certain cities and countries are often described as the "Kidnapping Capital of the World." As of 2007, that title belongs to Iraq with possibly 1,500 foreigners kidnapped.[22][23] In 2004, it was Mexico,[24] and in 2001, it was Colombia.[25] Statistics are harder to come by. Reports suggest a world total of 12,500-25,500/year with 3,600/year in Colombia and 3,000/year in Mexico around the year 2000.[26] However by 2006, the number of kidnappings in Colombia had declined to 687 and it continues to decline.[27] Mexican numbers are hard to confirm because of fears of police involvement in kidnapping.[28] "Kidnapping seems to flourish particularly in fragile states and conflict countries, as politically motivated militias, organized crime and the drugs mafia fill the vacuum left by government."[21]
In 2009, the Los Angeles Times named Phoenix, Arizona[29] as America's kidnapping capital, reporting that every year hundreds of ransom kidnappings occur there, virtually all within the underworld associated with human and drug smuggling from Mexico, and often done as a way of collecting unpaid debts. Other major U.S. cities that are hotbeds for kidnappings are Detroit, Atlanta, New Orleans, Houston, and Chicago.[29] Many of them are done by major street gangs near tourist attractions.
If an over abundance of "kidnappings held for ransom" are happening in the U.S. it sure doesn't seem to be making headlines. Websleuths covers that type of crime ... is there a thread here highlighting that it is a problem that should be of concern to all U.S. citizens?? Foreign countries seem to be more plagued by that than the U.S. I certainly understand there is an issue with "abductions" but not so much where there is a "ransom" involved ... not here anyway.
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I think the reason for the difference in public reaction is because Isa Celis is a 6-year old who disappeared from her home in the middle of the night. In cases like that, we tend to suspect parents/family members who were in the home at the time of the disappearance. In cases like Mickey's, where a young woman disappears from a public place, we tend to suspect an unknown perp who abducts random young women at opportune moments. IMO
And one more fleeting thought on the kidnapping for ransom theory ... IF that were possibly a consideration in this Lafayette case ... WHY wouldn't the perp(s) choose a victim whose family has a WHOLE LOT more money than I suspect the Shunicks have??? There are a LOT of VERY VERY wealthy folks in Lafayette.
Just curious: how often in a missing person case is the reward capped? I have not followed many, but I cannot find anything via google on this. I found a site explaining the reasoning behind this, an it makes sense. Just wondering how often this is actually done.
People that I've spoken to in Lafayette had that attitude 2 weeks ago. Mickey gets more attention here than she does in her hometown. Some people have the attitude that she asked for it because she was out riding her bike alone at 2am. Please note that I do not feel this way. No one deserves to disappear.
The Lafayette media is a joke. High school newspapers have reporters more interested in a story. I will say that a reporter did try to ask about the fund raising and about a public accounting. He was criticized up the wazoo. At least he was keeping people talking.
Mickey's case, I'm afraid is going cold. I have a feeling the only way she'll be found is if someone who knows something or has heard something comes forward.
Same here in Texas and public intoxication laws are very much enforced here. So much so that police will wait outside of bars and arrest people as they are walking to their cars.
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I agree. I live an hour from bolingbrook. The Stacey Peterson case was national and Drew Peterson was a cop---people in my area still have no clue who she is or anything about the case. Probably 2 years after she went missing I was w/ a friend and saw a blue barrel in a cornfield after we had a flood---i told her to stop so I could call 911 to report it (I also called her tipline after I got home) and she thought I was nuts for even caring. She also had no clue who Stacey was :-/ ONLY AN HOUR AWAY!!! There were some posters up, but at that time---i didn't think to hang more and it still bothers me to this day that I didn't go the extra mile (like drive an hour to search!!!)
Guess, its not covered by the MSM, only local news media. I saw a documentary about it being at crisis level in many of the border states such as Arizona & CA.
When the drug cartels have presence in an area, they bring in some unsavory characters. Imo, this is one of the catalyst for the upsurge in stranger sexual predator abductions in the US..both direrctly & indirectly.
"When you look back on your life, you'll regret the things you didn't do more than the ones you did do."
It could also be that the family doesn't want the public prying more into Mickeys personal life or the life of te family. It appears to me this is when the silence started.
There are several things I find odd about this situation besides her vanishing without a trace.
Mickey was almost 22 and a cute young lady. There is no mention of a boyfriend that I have heard of. She never had one? Did she date? Was there an admirer in her life? Was she interested in women and not men?
The fact that she had a pipe with her was very quickly hushed up. If she was only smoking flavored tobacco, then why cover that fact up? Why was the public not given a description of the pipe? Smoking tobacco is legal. Was the pipe later found at her home or at BW's?
What else did Mickey do in the hours leading up to her disappearance? She went to a party the night before. What did she do the day she went to Artmosphere? Did she sleep all day, then go there? Did she show her horse to a potential buyer? Did she teach any lessons? Charley came in to town, she & Mickey went to a party Thursday night, and Mickey called her late Friday night to hang out with her only to find out her sister was in BR, so obviously they had not communicated about that at all.
It's as if we have been told to "find Mickey" but the only clue we have been given is the DWT-if it really even is a clue. For all we know it may just be a possible witness and that may not be true either if there was other video of Mickey seen elsewhere.
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I've gotten the same reaction when telling friends, coworkers, family, etc. how scared I've been because of Mickey's disappearance. They all said something like - why, you aren't going to ride your bike at 2am or you shouldn't be because she put herself in a position to be a target. My response to them was that the circumstances, in my opinion, didn't matter. All that registers with me is that someone purposely abducted her and it's scary to think that they very well could do it again.
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