Here's one possibility, Katy. If a random stranger abducted Mickey near his own home, he wouldn't want the bike found in his neighborhood. That would raise alarms and put the area under scrutiny, possibly leading right to him.Since her bike was not found, it makes me wonder about the story the friend gave. If a random stranger was going to grab her, why take the bike?
The home and business owners are not required by law to hand over surveillance video, but some will do so voluntarily. If not, LE can ask a judge to issue a search warrant to obtain the video.I was just on the FB page and apparently they can't get camera footage due to privacy laws. This is something I didn't know about. How frustrating! Can anyone so kindly explain to me how this works?
Apparently she was at a guy friend's house when she left to go home. They had been out at a bar/restaurant where there was a show (not sure if they went to see a band or what). Afterwards (around 1-ish), they went back to the guy friend's house where they ate a bite and she left around 2am. This guy friend is also a cyclist.
I'm gathering all this from the Missing FB page....
It doesn't surprise me that they wouldn't want to eat at the place where they went out at, it's definitely more of a bar than a restaurant, and being young kids, they'd want to save money or get something cheaper. The person who last saw her, everyone has been gathering at his place to start searches and he's been super involved. He's a close friend as well, so I don't think any suspicious is going on there.
From what I assume her mom is the first one to notice her missing (remember, she was supposed to go to her brother's graduation with her family Saturday). This ride from the area where her friend lived back to her house was a ride she did very, very, very often, as far as what I've been told. The cops have started taking statements from those who saw her Friday night, so they've started an investigation, which is good.