A Lafayette Parish Grand Jury heard the state’s evidence regarding how accused killer Brandon Scott Lavergne allegedly took his truck to Texas after Mickey Shunick’s murder, burned it and was broug...
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A Lafayette Parish Grand Jury heard the state’s evidence regarding how accused killer Brandon Scott Lavergne allegedly took his truck to Texas after Mickey Shunick’s murder, burned it and was broug...
LAFAYETTE – In the small courtroom at the Lafayette Parish Correctional Center, 15th Judicial District Judge Herman Clause heard Brandon Scott Lavergne, 33, of Swords enter a “not guilty” plea to h...
<div align="center"><a href="http://www.katc.com/news/special-k9-s-return-to-acadiana-to-search-for-mickey-shunick/"><img src="http://www.katc.com/images/thumbnails/7675A9CF304CC7A4F777FB9F806813E9_200_200.jpg" alt="Special K9's Return to Acadiana to Search for Mickey Shunick" border="0" align="left" vspace="4" hspace="8"/></a></div><p>A team of specially trained K-9's are helping in the search for Mickey Shunick. But this isn't their first time in Acadiana, on their first visits the highly trained dogs scoured Whiskey Bay. Now they're back, combing areas in Acadia, St. Landry and Evangeline Parishes.</p><p>"We've kind of drawn a box of the areas we're interested in and we're going to map them out, we're going to clear that area, move on to the next one and keep doing it for as long as it takes," said Mike Candella with the Special K9's Search and Recovery team.</p><p>The trainer/K9 teams began by focusing around the property of Brandon Lavergne, the man accused of kidnapping and killing Mickey Shunick. They said if anyone can find Mickey, it would be these highly trained dogs.</p><p>"We get down there in the sluices, the bayous, the dense woods, the grown-up fields, it is very very tough and without these guys it's going to be very very hard," said Candella.
any updates on this story?
Just finished reading this.
http://www.katc.com/news/new-court-r...-pate-murders/
May have found Mickey Shunick's body.
http://www.klfy.com/story/19218560/s...angline-parish
GEAUX UL! RIP MICKEY!
Looks like they found her body in Evangeline Parish. RIP
Good for the family, they can finally have some closure.
KATC is saying it was a man's body found
wow...
Mike is a STATE FARM agent in St Landry Parish and we have contributed to the cause to help defray expenses for the dogs' upkeep. When he asked for this help in the past I thought it was a waste of time but now I see what a valuable thing this group of folks have done----RIP Mickey!!!!!
Sources close to Mickey Shunick's family say they have not been notified by authorities of any new developments in the case today. Rumors are running rampant that Mickey's body has been found in Evangeline Parish. Family says they're also hearing rumors. Evangeline Parish Sheriff's Office spokesperson Capt. Shawn Eckhart says a man's body has been found in Evangeline Parish, and he died of natural causes.
Channel 10, they found the body, can't confirm it 100 percent.........Channel 3, they found a mans body......will it rain or not.
There was discussions with Lavergne about giving up the location of the body for a plead to not be given the death penalty.
MAMOU – Law enforcement officials believe they recovered the remains of Mickey Shunick in a makeshift grave near a cemetery west of here Tuesday afternoon. Acting on a confidential tip, officers sa...
That would always be the first choice for prosecutors but I don't think he's been willing to cooperate. The funny thing is that I wonder if he could truly get the death penalty here even if they shoot for it.Quote:
Originally Posted by RaginCajun08
Definitely. I've talked to the DA and if he isn't offering... I am. I'm far less humane.Quote:
Originally Posted by zephyr
VIDRINE — Human remains believed to be those of missing Lafayette resident Mickey Shunick were recovered Tuesday near a cemetery in Evangeline Parish.
Her family and friends — as well as the entire Acadiana community — have taken a deep breath upon hearing that officials have recovered the remains thought to belong to Mickey Shunick. They now wait for the official confirmation to exhale.
Its not a matter of offering the death penalty, its a matter of whether you can get a judge to hand down that sentence in this area which is a pretty conservative area by nature. The last death penalty was handed down 27 years ago here and this area is far more conservative than others around the state in that regard. A change of venue may not be a terrrible thing if going for the death penaltyQuote:
Originally Posted by Just1More
Louisiana police say they’re confident a set of human remains found Tuesday belong to missing college student Michaela Shunick.
A tip led authorities to the body, which was buried in the woods near a cemetery in Evangeline Parish, La., about 45 miles from where Shunick, a student at the University of Louisiana who goes by the name “Mickey,” disappeared.
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It's national news, I hope for her family this gets resolved soon.
VIDRINE - After countless volunteers donated their time, an investigation that had police officers spending nights in their offices and an arrest made last month, Micheala “Mickey” Shunick may fina...
<div align="center"><a href="http://www.katc.com/news/body-believed-to-be-mickey-shunick-taken-to-lsu-faces-lab/"><img src="http://www.katc.com/images/thumbnails/9C6A549DAAB3E91BCDA63B25D3B1AEBB_200_200.jpg" alt="Body Believed to be Mickey Shunick Taken to LSU FACES Lab" border="0" align="left" vspace="4" hspace="8"/></a></div><p>Police believe the body found in Evangeline Parish Tuesday is that of Mickey Shunick. Today, Lafayette Coroner Keith Talamo confirmed that the body is a woman. Since the body was buried for so long they brought in a team to help.</p><p>"My office did identify the body. We decided since she was in advance stages of decomposition, we felt it was best to send her to Louisiana FACES Lab," Talamo said. </p><p>The FACES lab specializes in skeletal identification, 3-D Modeling, and also search and recovery. During the lab tests, the lab will be able to figure out almost everything that happened to the body.</p><p>"We have a body. We're working with law enforcement trying to confirm the identification," Director of LSU FACES Mary Manhein said.</p><p>The body will be returned to Lafayette in the next two weeks and full test results will be available in the next three or four. The identity of the body will be known much sooner.
A day after police found the body they believe is missing college student Mickey Shunick, the scientific work needed to confirm her identity has begun.