The Mickey Shunick Story

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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.

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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.

"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. 

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.

"We have a body. We're working with law enforcement trying to confirm the identification," Director of LSU FACES Mary Manhein said.

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.

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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.

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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.

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LAFAYETTE - The body discovered in Evangeline Parish Tuesday has been identified by investigators to be that of Michaela "Mickey" Shunick. No further information concerning Shunick or the investiga.

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For forensics investigators, identifying the body found Tuesday as missing Lafayette college student Mickey Shunick was only half the job.

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The body found Tuesday near a rural Evangeline Parish cemetery was identified Thursday as that of Mickey Shunick, the Lafayette woman whose disappearance inspired hundreds of local people to volunteer in the effort to find her.

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Confirmed. It's Mickey.

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Sad ending, my heart goes out to the Shunick family.

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Her bright curly hair and vibrant smile could once be seen on almost every street corner in Acadiana. Almost three months later, many of the same faded fliers still cling to utility poles and storefronts, a symbol of Mickey Shunick's life that lingers in the heart of Acadiana.

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It may be a hot topic of discussion in the community, but attorneys and investigators close to the Mickey Shunick case remain mum on the subject of whether accused killer Brandon Scott Lavergne led them to Shunick's body Tuesday.

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There is a family in Abbeville who is grieving this week because of the loss of Mickey Shunick. Tammy Stutes and her 15-year-old daughter Meredith knew Shunick for eight years. Meredith and Shunic.

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Testimony will be given Friday in a hearing related to accused murderer Brandon Scott Lavergne, but court officials have not disclosed the identity of the person to testify.

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A Texas private investigator says witness accounts and vehicle records make him suspect Brandon Scott Lavergne is involved in the April 2010 disappearance of a 15-year-old Texas girl.

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