The Mickey Shunick Story

The Shunick family is looking for any information on their daughter Mickey. She was last seen leaving the congress st and parkside dr intersection around 1 am saturday morning heading towards gov miro dr in the congress/ambassador area towards home but never made it. Friends say she would have taken parkside dr to the blackham walking track on her route home.

Mickey is white ,5'1" about 115 lbs, blonde hair and was riding a black Schwinn with gold trim. below is a link to the facebook profile that people are using to spread info. The family is looking for anyone who has a business or home with surveillance footage along the route they can volunteer in the effort. Any help or info would be greatly appreciated.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/FIND-M...34958186573426

<div align="center"><a href="http://www.katc.com/news/community-rallies-together-to-search-for-mickey-shunick/"><img src="http://www.katc.com/images/thumbnails/F6CB1764B255F7B0328C51447BE482AA_200_200.jpg" alt="Community Rallies Together to Search for Mickey Shunick" border="0" align="left" vspace="4" hspace="8"/></a></div><p>Still no sign of 21-year-old Mickey Shunick.</p><p>She was last seen at around 2 o'clock Saturday morning when she left a friend's house in the Saint Streets area.<br />She was on her bike headed home to the area of Ambassador Caffery and West Congress, but she never made it home.</p><p>Mickey missed her brother's high school graduation Saturday, no one has been able to get in touch with her ever since.</p><p>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. <br />That donor is also hiring a private investigator, hoping to get answers to many unanswered questions.</p><p>Nearly one hundred people gathered on Ryan Drive where Mickey was last seen to canvas the area once again. <br />Family and friends knocking on doors, retracing Mickey's steps, and posting fliers.</p><p>"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.</p><p>Although family and friends have canvassed this large area already near Cajun Field, they are searching areas such as drainage canals again for the slightest clue as to where Mickey could be.</p><p>"Mickey doesn't stay at other people's houses, Mickey doesn't have boyfriends, Mickey doesn't have people that are mad at her. Your usual suspects here really aren't going on. She really would have just been going home," said Wilson.</p><p>Family and friends are trying to keep their hopes up, but with each passing hour, that becomes more and more difficult.</p><p>"I don't think you realize what a special person this is and how many people she has touched, and what you've done. We just want her back. We want her safe. We want our friend."

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"I don't think you realize <b>what a special person this is </b>and how many people she has touched, and what you've done. We just want her back. We want her safe. We want our friend."

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Weird and it might be nothing, but in an interview this morning on KTDY, the last person to see her alive was being interviewed and towards the end said pretty much the same thing except, "what a special person she<b> was</b>."

I know there have to be exceptions, but I have heard referring to a missing person in the past tense is not a good thing.

I hope I heard wrong and they have a recording of the interview.

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Originally Posted by Turbine

Weird and it might be nothing, but in an interview this morning on KTDY, the last person to see her alive was being interviewed and towards the end said pretty much the same thing except, "what a special person she<b> was</b>."

I know there have to be exceptions, but I have heard referring to a missing person in the past tense is not a good thing.

I hope I heard wrong and they have a recording of the interview.

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Chances are if/when they do find her she will not be alive. That's just the breaks with this situation.

Yeah things like this rarely end well.


Have they even found her bike?

Check the carneys. I know its "profiling" but there is a bit of coincidence, last year, a homeless person was found dead behind the shop rite right there.

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Originally Posted by Turbine

Weird and it might be nothing, but in an interview this morning on KTDY, the last person to see her alive was being interviewed and towards the end said pretty much the same thing except, "what a special person she<b> was</b>."

I know there have to be exceptions, but I have heard referring to a missing person in the past tense is not a good thing.

I hope I heard wrong and they have a recording of the interview.

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We were having this conversation today at KPEL.

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We were having this conversation today at KPEL.

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I thought it odd to hear "was" just 42 hours after he found out she was missing.

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I thought it odd to hear "was" just 42 hours after he found out she was missing.

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Hopefully that person is the prime suspect...using Occam's Razor.

I find it a bit strange that she was tired and wanting to go home and the guy on the radio took her to taco bell but not home after admitting he lived in a sketchy part of town. He mentioned her route which seems odd that he knew exactly what route she would have ridden. Why she would ride all the way to Johnston street to get back to congress if she was tired? I understand Ryan st and the stretch of congress to university is rough but why not hit up souvenir gate? I just find the story odd. Prayers go out to the family. I hope this has a happy ending.

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Today should have been a day of celebration. It is the day of Michaela “Mickey” Shunick’s 22nd birthday, after all. Instead, the day has been filled with tears and hugs, expressions of frustration and hope. Hundreds of people arrived by ...

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Law enforcement agencies from across south Louisiana are still scouring the Lafayette area for any sign of what happened to Mickey Shunick, 21. Cpl. Paul Mouton, spokesman for the Lafayette Police Department, said several departments have ...

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LAFAYETTE - People from across Acadiana have mobilized in force to search for Mickey Shunick, the missing Lafayette girl who would have celebrated her 22nd birthday on Monday. She hasn’t been seen...

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Michaela “Mickey” Shunick is a 22 year old college senior in anthropology at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette ... you can donate to the Community Foundation of Acadiana. The title of the fund is called the Mickey Shunick Fund.

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<div align="center"><a href="http://www.katc.com/news/volunteers-search-lake-martin-for-clues-into-mickey-shunick-s-disappearance/"><img src="http://www.katc.com/images/thumbnails/E9D25FECA927E2C0005443D358383B63_200_200.jpg" alt="Volunteers Search Lake Martin For Clues into Mickey Shunick's Disappearance" border="0" align="left" vspace="4" hspace="8"/></a></div><p>A group of volunteers took the search for Mickey Shunick outside of Lafayette, Wednesday.&nbsp; About two dozen people gathered at Lake Martin in St. Martin Parish to search for clues into Mickey's disappearance.</p><p>"I pray we don't find her, we're looking for clues," said Eric Robicheaux of Breaux Bridge.&nbsp;</p><p>Like so many volunteers, Robicheaux doesn't know Mickey.&nbsp; "I saw the story and I said I'm going to help out, just to see what I can do."&nbsp;</p><p>The volunteers took to the Lake in kayaks and powerboats, some of which were donated to the cause.</p><p>"I'm pretty sure somebody has searched out here, but I figured why not go public with it and get more eyes and more boats in the water," said Travis Conques, who is friends with Mickey and helped organized Wednesday's search, which came up empty handed.</p><p>"She's a genuinely nice person, we won't stop until we find her," he said.

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Lake Martin – Four days after pretty, petite Mickey Shunick vanished from a Lafayette street in the middle of the night, peace officers and volunteers convened at Lake Martin in St. Martin Parish to search for her body.

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More volunteers are needed this morning as the search for missing Lafayette woman Mickey Shunick continues. “We are short handed this morning and need as many volunteers as we can get, as early as possible! We stop searches early so that no ...

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The Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office is ready and waiting to assist in the search of Micky Shunick, who vanished from a Lafayette street last week. Major Darryl LeBlanc of the Sheriff’s Office s...

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Originally Posted by Turbine

Weird and it might be nothing, but in an interview this morning on KTDY, the last person to see her alive was being interviewed and towards the end said pretty much the same thing except, "what a special person she<b> was</b>."

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I am glad they found the video of here riding the bike, this validates the last person to see her alive and his story.

I am sad they found her bike off of I-10

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Originally Posted by Turbine

I am glad they found the video of here riding the bike, this validates the last person to see her alive and his story.

I am sad they found her bike off of I-10

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I was not aware they found her bike. When and where on I-10? This is not good at all.

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I was not aware they found her bike. When and where on I-10? This is not good at all.

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Just found recently, Whiskey Bay exit off of I-10.

Lafayette Police are confirming that Mickey Shunick's bike has been found beneath the Whiskey Bay I-10 Bridge at Exit #127. Some local fisherman located the bike and notified police through the tips line. The entire area and the river are being searched for clues and evidence. Police are asking the public to remain out of the area so that law enforcement officials can search. The case remains under investigation.

<div align="center"><a href="http://www.katc.com/news/family-remains-hopeful-after-new-clues-released/"><img src="http://www.katc.com/images/thumbnails/319433B440B590F344CE2086ED33573A_200_200.jpg" alt="Family Remains Hopeful After New Clues Released" border="0" align="left" vspace="4" hspace="8"/></a></div><p>For friends and family of Mickey it's a step forward in the investigation they waited an agonizing week for.</p><p>The family is doing as well as can be expected and over the past week they've relied on the community's support, but now, it's the prospect of the investigation moving forward that's sustaining them.</p><p>"That's all we've been waiting for is a place to start from to start looking instead of looking everywhere," said Charlie Shunick, Mickey's sister.</p><p>For the first time in days the Shunick family and investigators have something to go on.<br /> <br />"Now we at least know she got past university a little bit. I mean, it is awesome," said Shunick.</p><p>For the family and hundreds of volunteers these images are providing strength into a search that's so far come up empty handed.</p><p>"We're trying to think positively, we are trying to think effectively, rationally, and quickly. Even if it is minute, it is huge at this point," said Mickey's friend Josh Coen.</p><p>The next step is to find someone who may have seen what outside the frame of this surveillance video. Police released photos of three vehicles they say were in the area. Now, they want to talk to those drivers.</p><p>"We just want to speak to the people or the person in that vehicle that night to gather any new clues or any information that they may have to further this investigation," said Corporal Paul Mouton with the Lafayette Police Department.</p><p>Josh Coen says, "until we have clear, hard evidence, we are completely staying positive each and every day. Our motto every morning is we are bringing her home tonight."</p><p>Still no sign of Mickey. Both police and the family are still encouraging all businesses in the area to check their surveillance systems for any sign of Mickey. <br />Corporal Paul Mouton says one of the reasons why it took some time to find these images is because there are so many different instruments for recording video. Some systems allow you to fast forward or slow down, and once they found what is believed to be Mickey, the department had to send the video to be enhanced to a better quality. <br /> <br />Chris Welty<br />cwelty@katctv.com</p><p>&nbsp;</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://www.katc.com/news/family-remains-hopeful-after-new-clues-released/" title="Family Remains Hopeful After New Clues Released">Permalink</a>| <a href="http://www.katc.com/news/family-remains-hopeful-after-new-clues-released/#comments" title="View user submitted comments on this entry">Comments</a></p><br/>

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By: Ashley Hinson
Lafayette police have confirmed that the bike found May 27 at the Whiskey Bay exit off Interstate 10 is the bike of UL Lafayette student Mickey Shunick, who has not been seen since the early morni...

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This timeline was created based on information from the Lafayette Police Department, as well as interviews with Shunick’s family and friends conducted throughout the week. All times are approximate: 10:13 p.m. May 18: Shunick and friends are ...

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