*UPDATE* An Arrest in the Mickey Shunick Case

Brandon Scott Lavergne tier 3 sex offender

An arrest has been made in the missing person case of Mickey Shunick, after 47 days of desperate searching by loved ones. Sadly, the news doesn't sound good. It's been reported that Brandon Scott Lavergne, 33, from the Lawtell, Louisiana area has been arrested for first-degree murder and aggravated kidnapping. Police and other law enforcement agences executed a search warrant, collecting evidence from his residence in the 100 block of Elaine Lane in Church Point, Louisiana. Although he cooperated with police during the arrest, the affidavit issued said that Lavergne has prior criminal convictions and is "unlikely to appear on a issued summons." Lavergne's aggravated kidnapping warrant has a bond of $250,000 with a "no bond" issued on his first-degree murder charge.

More information on this case will be released in a press confrence being held Friday at 1pm. So I'll have more updates to come.

Let us hope that if Lavergne did murder Mickey, that he has the balls to let her family know where he left her so she can be brought home to rest.

Mickey Shunick

What Happened to Mickey Shunick?

Mickey Shunick

 My home state of Louisiana has been abuzz with questions about the whereabouts of missing University of Louisiana Lafayette student, 21-year-old Mickey Shunick. Mickey was last seen on May 19, 2012 around 1:30 AM, riding her black and gold Schwinn Cutter bicycle with glittery gold handlebars on her way home from a friends house. Surveillance video captured the last images of Mickey making her way home in the early morning hours. Unfortunately, she never made it home.

Last image of Mickey Shunick

This surveillance shot is the last that anybody has seen of Mickey except for the person or persons that know what exactly happened to her after she crossed this street. Shortly after crossing the street, a mysterious white Chevy Pick Up that has yet to be identified is also caught on surveillance video. It is believed to be connected to Mickey Shunick's disappearance. 8 days after Mickey's disappearance, her bike was found mangled under Whiskey Bay Bridge in a swampy area 25 miles from where she was last seen. The area where the bike was found is located in an area with hundreds of miles of swamp land. The Whiskey Bay Bridge is one of only 2 exist on the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge which is 18.2 miles of bridge over swampland.

Mystery Truck

So what happened to Mickey Shunick? Was she accidently hit by someone? Did they panic? Did they try and help her? Or did they just dump her like trash like her broken bicycle was dumped? Or did she just decide to take a break from everything and disappear? That's what I was hoping for when I first heard about Mickey, but as time passes, that theory is looking less and less likely. I'm sure that at this point all that Mickey's friends and family care about is finding her. They need to find Mickey so they can have closure. They have got to know if she's alive or dead. This has got to be the most devastating thing that a parent goes through.