Mickey Shunick 22 years old, Lafayette, LA MISSING 5/19/2012(BODY FOUND)

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This is happening in my area right now. This morning there were interviews on CNN HLN and good morning america. Please take a look:

https://www.facebook.com/findmickeynow





Edit to add "arrest" to subject line. MB

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http://www.katc.com/news/community-rallies-together-to-search-for-mickey-shunick/

Community Rallies Together to Search for Mickey Shunick

Posted: May 20, 2012 11:52 PM by Chris Welty
Source: KATC
Updated: May 22, 2012 11:39 AM

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Still no sign of 21-year-old Mickey Shunick.

She was last seen at around 2 o'clock Saturday morning when she left a friend's house in the Saint Streets area.
She was on her bike headed home to the area of Ambassador Caffery and West Congress, but she never made it home.

Mickey missed her brother's high school graduation Saturday, no one has been able to get in touch with her ever since.

Sunday, family and friends organized a search party, looking for clues and now a private donor is offering a ten thousand dollar reward for any information leading to the whereabouts of Mickey Shunick, no questions asked.
That donor is also hiring a private investigator, hoping to get answers to many unanswered questions.

Nearly one hundred people gathered on Ryan Drive where Mickey was last seen to canvas the area once again.
Family and friends knocking on doors, retracing Mickey's steps, and posting fliers.

"It doesn't take much of being around her to know how she is, how comfortable she is around other people, and how excited she is about life and everything that is going on. Something is clearly unusual with the circumstances," said search party organizer Brettly Wilson.
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I have to go out for kids end of school activities but will post additional info as much as possible.

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Mickey Shunick: What you need to know

10:25 AM by KATC

1. Call the Lafayette, LA Police Department with ANY information or tips: 337-291-8600

2. Link to photos of Mickey and her bike. Nothing so far has been found - her purse, bike, phone, etc. Her phone was turned off sometime early Saturday morning. https://www.facebook.com/findmickeynow/photos

3. Reward offered: There is a $20,000 Reward for any information leading to the whereabouts of Mickey Shunick, no questions asked. We're told as more people contribute, that number could go up.

4. Quick facts: 21 year old Mickey Shunick was last seen at about 2:00 am on May 19th riding a black and gold Schwinn Madison bicycle with glittery gold handlebars from a friend's home in the Saint Streets area of Lafayette. She was riding back to her family's home to the area near Ambassador and Congress, but never made it home and hasn't been seen since. She is 5'1" tall, weighing about 115 pounds, has shoulder length curly blonde hair and blue eyes. She has a small tattoo of a bicycle on her right outer ankle and a nose ring on her left nostril.

She was last seen wearing a pastel multicolored striped shirt, light wash denim skinny jeans, and silver ankle boots. She was also carrying a light brown leather backpack, a black and yellow Vera Bradley wallet, a black Verizon slider phone and a small pink container of pepper spray.

4. Volunteer information: Volunteers meet at 100 Ryan Street, Lafayette, LA. Three experienced search leaders will lead an organized search at 1:00 and again at 5:00 on 5/23/12.
https://www.facebook.com/findmickeynow
https://www.facebook.com/events/359507344113948/

5. Spread the word: Tell people in person, on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Reddit and wherever else you frequent online. The search is being expanded. Please forward messages about Mickey Shunick to friends and relatives in other states especially California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. Share these photos, videos, links and pages listed below:
https://www.facebook.com/findmickeynow
https://www.facebook.com/events/359507344113948/
http://twitter.com/#!/MissingCases/status/204698032401432576/photo/1/large
http://www.reddit.com/search?q=mickey+shunick&sort=relevance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTcnWwlKDMY
http://pinterest.com/pin/207306389067721505/

6. Print and post flyers.
Large image here (updated with $20,000 reward): http://twitter.com/#!/MissingCases/status/205134148749373441/photo/1/large

http://www.katc.com/full-coverage/searching-for-mickey-shunick/

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Mickey's tatoo

Additional links:

https://www.facebook.com/notes/allison-smith-breaux/10-ways-to-help-find-mickey-shunick-missing-since-5192012-lafayette-la/374566585933996

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No leads in desperate search for missing college student, 22, after she disappeared  cycling home
Michaela 'Mickey' Shunick last seen on Saturday at 2am

Friends and family held a candle-light vigil last night on her birthday
FBI joined search and $20,000 offered for information of her whereabouts

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Dozens of volunteers have combed the four-mile route that Miss Shunick would have taken on Saturday night. 

A larger search area was covered by police officers with dogs but has so far been fruitless

Miss Shunick's sister Charlene told ABC: 'I think she's OK, I think she's alive. I think she's out there.'
Her mother Nancy Rowe added: 'We want our daughter back - that will make everything better.'

She added that her daughter's cellphone has been switched off since Saturday morning.

The student was described as an avid cyclist by her parents but they said that she had never disappeared for days in the past. The senior anthropology major missed her brother’s high school graduation on Saturday.

She would have not cycled through any areas which she thought were unsafe and always carried a can of Mace.

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2148818/Michaela-Mickey-Shunick-Search-intensifies-college-student-22-disappeared-cycling-home.html

[Northern Rose]

Missing: Shunick was riding a black Schwinn bicycle with gold handle bar grips (pictured) and wearing a brown leather backpack purse when she disappeared

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2148818/Michaela-Mickey-Shunick-Search-intensifies-college-student-22-disappeared-cycling-home.html

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Michaela "Mickey" Shunick Missing: Vigil held for missing La. college student

CBS/KLFY) LAFAYETTE, La. - Hundreds gathered Tuesday night in Lafayette to pray for the return of Louisiana college student MIchaela "Mickey" Shunick, 22, whose disappearance early Saturday has quickly gained national attention.

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http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-57440012-504083/michaela-mickey-shunick-missing-vigil-held-for-missing-la-college-student/

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Vigil For Mickey Shunick (video)

http://www.klfy.com/story/18601725/vigil-for

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Search Intensifies for Missing Louisiana Student

(LAFAYETTE, La.) -- Police in Lafayette, La., are intensifying their search for a young woman who has been missing for four days.

Michaela "Mickey" Shunick was last seen riding a bike home from her friend's house at about 2 a.m. Saturday, according to police.  The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Lousiana State Police have joined the search, along with volunteers scouring the area where she was last seen.

Friends and family held a candle light vigil Tuesday night, and announced a reward of $20,000 for tips leading to her whereabouts.  Searches by K-9 units, police and volunteers haven't turned up any hints about what happened, but her family remains hopeful.

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http://www.100wapi.com/rssItem.asp?feedid=118&itemid=29852772

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The location from her friends house on Ryan St to her parents home is about 4 miles.

she most likely would have traveled down West Congress. The bars would have been closing at this time......I personally feel like someone may of hit her and panicked. We did have allot of people in town for festivals and fairs so anything is possible. We are a college town but have allot of tourist that come through. Praying for Mickey's safe return

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Hundreds join in search

If you take a drive down West Congress Street in Lafayette, Mickey Shunick's face is everywhere. Fliers about the University of Louisiana student's disappearance are posted on nearly every utility pole along one of the city's main traffic corridors.

In some spots, staked to the ground are yard signs bearing the image of her smiling face. The case of the woman whose 22nd birthday was Monday has gripped the community and has yet to be solved by police.
In the Saints Streets neighborhood where Shunick was last seen in the early morning hours of Saturday, the entire area has become a command post of sorts. People park wherever they can near her Ryan Street home as they volunteer their time to find Shunick.

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Individuals and businesses have donated cases of water, sandwiches, fruit and snacks. Most volunteers take a stack of fliers and a staple gun, look at a highlighted map of Lafayette Parish and head out to areas that have not yet been searched. Others stay inside the Ryan Street house, monitoring news and social media websites or providing food and water to other volunteers.

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http://www.theadvertiser.com/article/20120523/NEWS01/205230337

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Thanks for the updates Northern, I have to run but appreciate anything you can post.

Our local newspaper:

http://www.theadvertiser.com/

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The location from her friends house on Ryan St to her parents home is about 4 miles.

she most likely would have traveled down West Congress. The bars would have been closing at this time......I personally feel like someone may of hit her and panicked. We did have allot of people in town for festivals and fairs so anything is possible. We are a college town but have allot of tourist that come through. Praying for Mickey's safe return

The articles say she left her friends house at 2a.m.  Do the bars let out at that time?

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http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1205/22/ijvm.01.html
JANE VELEZ-MITCHELL
College Student Disappears While Biking Home
Aired May 22, 2012 - 19:00   ET

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http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2012/05/22/exp-jvm-missing-college-student.hln?iref=allsearch
College Coed Vanishes
Added On May 22, 2012
Michaela "Mickey" Shunick last seen riding home on a bicycle at 2:00 am Friday night. Jane Velez-Mitchell disappears

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The location from her friends house on Ryan St to her parents home is about 4 miles.

she most likely would have traveled down West Congress. The bars would have been closing at this time......I personally feel like someone may of hit her and panicked. We did have allot of people in town for festivals and fairs so anything is possible. We are a college town but have allot of tourist that come through. Praying for Mickey's safe return

The articles say she left her friends house at 2a.m.  Do the bars let out at that time?

Yes the bars close at 2AM and this is not far from downtown where allot of students hang out. West Congress area  becomes a "raceway" at that hour....

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Search for Mickey Shunick Goes Viral on Social Media, National Media

The search for Mickey Shunick has exploded on a national level and on social media. Before there were search parties on the ground, a Facebook campaign to find her was already in full swing.

An online team is working around the clock at the volunteer headquarters on Ryan Street. Their posts and videos are starting to go viral and it's helping to raise awareness and hopefully find Shunick.

Ashley Prado tirelessly scans Facebook, Twitter, BuzzFeed, Reddit... Any online sight that has any post about her close friend Mickey.

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http://www.katc.com/news/search-for-mickey-shunick-goes-viral-on-social-media-national-media/

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Mickey's personal facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/mickey.shunick?sk=wall

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Also her phone has/had been turned off. The phone apparently is not a smart phone but that is only hearsay from people here.

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The location from her friends house on Ryan St to her parents home is about 4 miles.

she most likely would have traveled down West Congress. The bars would have been closing at this time......I personally feel like someone may of hit her and panicked. We did have allot of people in town for festivals and fairs so anything is possible. We are a college town but have allot of tourist that come through. Praying for Mickey's safe return

The articles say she left her friends house at 2a.m.  Do the bars let out at that time?

Yes the bars close at 2AM and this is not far from downtown where allot of students hang out. West Congress area  becomes a "raceway" at that hour....

That is a bad combination.  I have not seen any mention if she was wearing any reflective vest/had headlamp on/lights on bike etc. 

My son was on his motorcycle last fall waiting at a red light.  Full safetygear, reflective tape on the back of his bike jacket, backpack with refelectors on and a moron drunk driver did not see him or the red light and blitzed him at 60km/h.  Pushed his motorcycle for about 50ft sparks flying before drunk noticed something was wrong.

Do we have a map of where she was last seen and where she was heading to?