The Mickey Shunick Story

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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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A group of volunteers took the search for Mickey Shunick outside of Lafayette, Wednesday.  About two dozen people gathered at Lake Martin in St. Martin Parish to search for clues into Mickey's disappearance.

"I pray we don't find her, we're looking for clues," said Eric Robicheaux of Breaux Bridge. 

Like so many volunteers, Robicheaux doesn't know Mickey.  "I saw the story and I said I'm going to help out, just to see what I can do." 

The volunteers took to the Lake in kayaks and powerboats, some of which were donated to the cause.

"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.

"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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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 was."

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 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

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.

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

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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.

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For friends and family of Mickey it's a step forward in the investigation they waited an agonizing week for.

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.

"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.

For the first time in days the Shunick family and investigators have something to go on.

"Now we at least know she got past university a little bit. I mean, it is awesome," said Shunick.

For the family and hundreds of volunteers these images are providing strength into a search that's so far come up empty handed.

"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.

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.

"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.

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."

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.
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.

Chris Welty
cwelty@katctv.com

 

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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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