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Midday Missing - Mikelle Biggs & Ryan Larsen · True Crime and Wine Time

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  Speaker 1: So and I do have a quick PSA for everybody watching.
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  Speaker 1: I recently got a message from someone asking if I
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  Speaker 1: always drink wine while working on midday missing and guys.
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  Speaker 1: My first thought was like, wait, what, So I asked
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  Speaker 1: them what made them think that, and they pointed out
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  Speaker 1: that I'm often sipping from a stemless wine glass, and
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  Speaker 1: I thought, fair point. But here's the deal. While I
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  Speaker 1: do drink from a stimless wine glass, it is actually
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  Speaker 1: sparkling water because I love AGB sparkling water, and I
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  Speaker 1: prefer using my plastic stimless glass because I'm not a
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  Speaker 1: fan of drinking out of cans, and I find it's
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  Speaker 1: much harder for me to knock this over when I'm
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  Speaker 1: live streaming or researching or working on scripts, and so no,
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  Speaker 1: I'm not sipping wine during the work day. I'm just
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  Speaker 1: staying hydrated. And as my best friend would say, I'm
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  Speaker 1: just being extra because I'm that way. I'm extra. And
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  Speaker 1: I wanted to before we dive into today's missing person cases,
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  Speaker 1: I say? I also want to say, if you have
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  Speaker 1: So now we're gonna get started. And I'm gonna tell
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  Speaker 1: you this first case is hella old and hella shocking. Okay,
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  Speaker 1: I'm just gonna say hella shocking to me. So I
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  Speaker 1: want to tell you, and I'm gonna also say I
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  Speaker 1: really like this young lady's name. Her name is Mikhail Biggs.
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  Speaker 1: So January two of this year marked twenty five years
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  Speaker 1: since the disappearance of eleven year old Michael Diane Biggs. Guys,
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  Speaker 1: I want you to stop and think about that. Twenty
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  Speaker 1: five years of not knowing what happened to your child,
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  Speaker 1: your sister, your loved one. I cannot put my brain
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  Speaker 1: around that. I can't. I try to stop and think
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  Speaker 1: back twenty five five years and how oh I just can't.
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  Speaker 1: So I believe that twenty five years makes it even
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  Speaker 1: more heartbreaking. And guys, Michael's case is one of the
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  Speaker 1: most haunting unsolved mysteries in Arizona's history Arizona. For those
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  Speaker 1: of y'all that are true crime lovers, you know about
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  Speaker 1: the Mesa cases and things. Michael's case is still unsolved
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  Speaker 1: and still horrific. But guys, despite the passage of time,
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  Speaker 1: Michel's family continues to search for answers and they are
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  Speaker 1: still putting out messages billboards, hoping for a breakthrough that
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  Speaker 1: could finally bring them closure. Because guys, this case has
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  Speaker 1: baffled investigators and you know, just script the community as
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  Speaker 1: a hole. So on that fateful day in nineteen ninety nine,
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  Speaker 1: Michael was last scene outside of her home in Mesa, Arizona,
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  Speaker 1: and it was a typical evening with neighborhood children playing
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  Speaker 1: and waiting eagerly for the ice cream truck that was
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  Speaker 1: often heard making its round. Michael and her younger sister,
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  Speaker 1: Kimber were among those waiting, having convinced their money mother
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  Speaker 1: to give them money for a treat. Guys, I have
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  Speaker 1: to tell you, I remember being a kid and you
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  Speaker 1: would hear the music from the ice cream truck and
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  Speaker 1: I literally would almost break my neck because yes, I'm
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  Speaker 1: accident prone, running into the house asking for money to
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  Speaker 1: make sure I didn't miss the ice cream truck because
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  Speaker 1: I loved the fudgebomb Sickles. If you've not had one,
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  Speaker 1: it's the chocolate with banana and chocolate. I think they
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  Speaker 1: also have one that's just a bomb that's red, white,
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  Speaker 1: and blue. I liked the fudge bomb, so when I
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  Speaker 1: started researching this case, I literally could hear the ice
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  Speaker 1: cream truck music in my head. Okay, guys, I'm weird,
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  Speaker 1: but I know it. But as the sun began to set, Kimber,
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  Speaker 1: who was just nine years old at the time, headed
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  Speaker 1: home like a lot of the other kids. But once
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  Speaker 1: she walked in the house, her mom was like, where's Michael,
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  Speaker 1: And of course, Kimber says outside, and her mom was like, nope,
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  Speaker 1: go get Michel and tell her that it is time
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  Speaker 1: to come home. Okay, guys, Kimber was only gone for
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  Speaker 1: about ninety seconds, they estimate, and when she returned outside,
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  Speaker 1: Michael was nowhere to be found. Instead, Kimber found her
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  Speaker 1: sister's bicycle lying on its side in the road with
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  Speaker 1: the will still spinning and her two quarters for ice
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  Speaker 1: cream on the ground nearby. And every report I read said,
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  Speaker 1: other than that bike, it was eerily quiet. All of
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  Speaker 1: the children had gone home. Guys, that image of the
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  Speaker 1: bike laying on the ground, I can just see those
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  Speaker 1: wills spinning and I can't imagine what nine year old
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  Speaker 1: Kimber thought when she saw that, but she did realize
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  Speaker 1: that something was terribly wrong, went in to tell her
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  Speaker 1: mom and authorities were immediately called. And guys, police did
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  Speaker 1: exactly what they should do. They jumped in feet first. Okay,
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  Speaker 1: they didn't say, oh, maybe she ran away, maybe this
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  Speaker 1: maybe that. They didn't do any of that. A frantic
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  Speaker 1: search started immediately. But guys, despite extensive efforts and searches
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  Speaker 1: by law enforcement, search teams, volunteers, and the community, there
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  Speaker 1: was no trace of Michel. Now, they did bring in
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  Speaker 1: search dogs and they were brought in to go and
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  Speaker 1: sniff the area, but the dogs lost her scent just
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  Speaker 1: a few feet from where her bike was found. So, guys,
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  Speaker 1: that means she was most likely swiftly abducted and placed
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  Speaker 1: into a vehicle. Now, on a little side note, I
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  Speaker 1: had the pleasure last night in my community Emergency Response
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  Speaker 1: Team meeting that we had someone from TECHSAR, which is
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  Speaker 1: Texas Search and Rescue Team, and they brought their cadaver dog, Murphy,
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  Speaker 1: and I asked some questions about scent and things like that. So, guys,
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  Speaker 1: when I say most likely she was put in a car,
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  Speaker 1: A dog can find the scent of a person for
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  Speaker 1: miles in water if they're buried, So for this sent
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  Speaker 1: to totally just stop means they were most likely put
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  Speaker 1: into a vehicle and driven off. Now, the investigation initially
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  Speaker 1: focused on the possibility that an ice cream truck had
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  Speaker 1: been in the area at the time, because remember Michael
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  Speaker 1: and her sister Kimber were wanting to get an ice cream,
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  Speaker 1: But police said they found no evidence of its presence,
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  Speaker 1: and every ice cream vendor in the vicinity was questioned
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  Speaker 1: and cleared of any involvement. So, guys, that made my
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  Speaker 1: brain go down a rabbit hole thinking was it a
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  Speaker 1: person who had a fake ice cream truck and was
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  Speaker 1: playing the music? If it wasn't a legitimate person, I mean,
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  Speaker 1: I don't know if anyone else has heard the saying
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  Speaker 1: petty van or if it's just me when you see
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  Speaker 1: those creepy vans, right, I couldn't help but think was
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  Speaker 1: it a fake ice cream truck? Because why else would
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  Speaker 1: the kids have money if they didn't hear the music? Okay,
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  Speaker 1: maybe it's just me, sorry, guys. I took a lot
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  Speaker 1: of allergy medication and I am dry, dry, dry. So
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  Speaker 1: the days following Michel's disappearance were marked, as everybody could imagine,
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  Speaker 1: by panic and the community wanted to find her. Flyers
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  Speaker 1: were distributed, searches were organized, and guys, the local media
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  Speaker 1: kept her story in the public eye, okay, which, as
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  Speaker 1: we know, that is not always the case. But despite
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  Speaker 1: all of this, no substantial leads emerged. Now as always,
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  Speaker 1: false tips and dead end clues came into law enforcement,
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  Speaker 1: and they said this only added to their frustration and
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  Speaker 1: to the heartache that the family felt. Now. On January ninth,
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  Speaker 1: just a week after mchael went missing, police excavated what
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  Speaker 1: appeared to be a freshly dug grave outside of Mesa,
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  Speaker 1: but nothing was found. Hypnosisssions were done with two witnesses
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  Speaker 1: also yielded no information, and a copper colored jeep was
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  Speaker 1: reportedly seen near Mchail's home around the time she vanished. Guys,
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  Speaker 1: police worked their little bums off. They found that vehicle,
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  Speaker 1: and that driver was located and was ruled out as
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  Speaker 1: a suspect. They were not involved, and as the years passed,
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  Speaker 1: the case grew cold with no tangible evidence. However, one
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  Speaker 1: man has remained a person of interest. Deep Blaylock is
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  Speaker 1: a convicted sexual predator who lived just two blocks away
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  Speaker 1: from Michel's home at the time of her disappearance. Guys,
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  Speaker 1: that scares me, and I just want to stop and
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  Speaker 1: say right here, if you have children, grandchildren like I do,
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  Speaker 1: and you let them play outside, please go to the
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  Speaker 1: sexual offender database. It's free, put in your information. See
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  Speaker 1: what's around you. Okay, we need to educate ourselves and
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  Speaker 1: know if there are people living right next door that
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  Speaker 1: are potential predators, doesn't mean they can come into the
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  Speaker 1: area and we not know. I'm just wanting to say,
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  Speaker 1: do a little bit of extra due diligence now. Blaylock
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  Speaker 1: had a history of sexual offenses in multiple states and
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  Speaker 1: was on law enforcement's radar from the beginning. Don't know,
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  Speaker 1: you know. Once again, I say, why can't we pressure people?
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  Speaker 1: But I know. In two thousand and one, Blaylock was
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  Speaker 1: convicted of raping and attempting to murder a neighbor and
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  Speaker 1: is currently serving a fifteen and a half year sentence
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  Speaker 1: in an Arizona prison. So, guys, I'm not going to
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  Speaker 1: go on a rant. But I do want someone to
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  Speaker 1: please explain to me how someone who is a sexual predator,
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  Speaker 1: and you know he's a sexual predator, he's on their radar,
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  Speaker 1: he's convicted of raping an attempted murder. Why was he
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  Speaker 1: only given a fifteen and a half year sentence? Why?
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  Speaker 1: And I want to know, am I the only one
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  Speaker 1: who says that that is not enough of a sentence? Okay?
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  Speaker 1: Am I the only one that thinks that because he
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  Speaker 1: obviously hasn't changed. If he was already on your radar
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  Speaker 1: and then he did something again, fifteen and a half
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  Speaker 1: years is not enough in my opinion. Now, Michel's parents,
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  Speaker 1: who as we all can understand, or desperate for answers,
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  Speaker 1: They've visited Blaylock in prison and confronted him directly about
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  Speaker 1: their daughter disappearance. He denied any involvement. Now his wife
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  Speaker 1: has provided him with an alibi, claiming he was in
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  Speaker 1: their garage on the night Mchael went missing. And guys,
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  Speaker 1: despite all of these suspicions, Blaylock has never been charged
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  Speaker 1: in connection with Michel's case. I want to say, was
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  Speaker 1: the wife sitting with him the whole time he was
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  Speaker 1: in the garage? Because I can tell you double H
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  Speaker 1: goes out to work at the garage. He can be
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  Speaker 1: out there for hours, so I think, and I'm not
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  Speaker 1: out there checking on him. So I want to know,
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  Speaker 1: is that really considered an alibi? Because unless you're out
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  Speaker 1: there with him, how do you know he didn't leave
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  Speaker 1: for a little bit. Just not trying to be a
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  Speaker 1: conspiracy theorist or you know whatever, I'm just stating those
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  Speaker 1: are questions that popped into my head now. Mckel's sister, Kimber,
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  Speaker 1: who is now thirty four, still vividly recalls the events
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  Speaker 1: on that tragic day. Speaking to ABC fifteen, she described
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  Speaker 1: the haunting memory of finding her sister's abandoned bicycle and
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  Speaker 1: the overwhelming sense of dread that followed. For Michel's family,
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  Speaker 1: the pain of not knowing what happened to Michael remains
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  Speaker 1: just as sharp today as it did twenty five and
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  Speaker 1: a half years ago, but they continue to hold on
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  Speaker 1: to hope that one day they will learn the truth,
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  Speaker 1: and in recent years, Mason Police Department has continued to
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  Speaker 1: receive tips, although most have led to dead ends. I
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  Speaker 1: read where they said, every time it gets featured on
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  Speaker 1: the news or anywhere, they do get tips. So I,
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  Speaker 1: as I always am, am hoping someone sees something and
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  Speaker 1: calls it a tip. So a new detective was assigned
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  Speaker 1: to the case, and it is said that they've reportedly
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  Speaker 1: begin focusing on very specific information that they believe could
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  Speaker 1: bring new developments. Okay, And this renewed attention has given
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  Speaker 1: Michaela's family a little bit more glimmer of hope that
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  Speaker 1: there could soon be movement in the case. And I
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  Speaker 1: hope so twenty five and a half years is too much.
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  Speaker 1: They want to find out what happened to Michale and
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  Speaker 1: bring her home. Okay. The community of Mesa and guys,
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  Speaker 1: by my research, much of Arizona knows about Mchael's case.
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  Speaker 1: And it is puzzling and frightened to them to think
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  Speaker 1: that your child went out with their sister and other
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  Speaker 1: neighborhood friends to play in in ninety seconds they are gone.
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  Speaker 1: That I just I can't. So I am asking if
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  Speaker 1: you have any information regarding Michael's Biggs disappearance, please contact
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  Speaker 1: the Mesa Police Department at four eight zero six four
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  Speaker 1: four two two one one. And guys, as we say
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  Speaker 1: all of the time, one simple little tip could lead
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  Speaker 1: to the answers that this family has been looking for
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  Speaker 1: and deserves. Loops, Guys, I'm having trouble. This is why
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  Speaker 1: I am not good at the technology stuff. But like
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  Speaker 1: I said, it is okay. I am struggling here, but
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  Speaker 1: we will see if I could get this to work.
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  Speaker 1: But I want you to think about that that one
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  Speaker 1: little tip. Maybe your ex husband, maybe a friend's you know,
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  Speaker 1: significant other has made a comment about being a kid
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  Speaker 1: in that area playing and they saw something. Any little
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  Speaker 1: piece of information could help. So, like I said, please,
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  Speaker 1: if you know anything, please call the Masa Police Department. Now, guys,
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  Speaker 1: this next case is more recent and I am going
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  Speaker 1: to just be upfront and tell you I have a
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  Speaker 1: lot of questions about this case and how it happened.
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  Speaker 1: On May seventeenth, twenty twenty one, which was a normal day, right,
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  Speaker 1: but took a devastating and horrific turn for the Larson family.
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  Speaker 1: So Ryan Larson in his family lived in La Vista, Nebraska.
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  Speaker 1: Ryan was an eleven year old boy who had autism, epilepsy,
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  Speaker 1: and Turette syndrome. He walked out of La Vista West
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  Speaker 1: Elementary School at approximately noon and guys, he vanished without
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  Speaker 1: a trace. So my first flipping question, I want someone
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  Speaker 1: to explain to me how in the hell an eleven
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  Speaker 1: year old is able to just walk out of school
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  Speaker 1: with that a parent. I know when I go to
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  Speaker 1: pick up my granddaughter from school, I have to have
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  Speaker 1: my IDs show it to the little camera before I'm
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  Speaker 1: even let in the building. The doors are kept locked.
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  Speaker 1: And this was just in twenty twenty one. And my
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  Speaker 1: understanding is a lot of schools are that way because
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  Speaker 1: of school shootings. So I want to know how an
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  Speaker 1: eleven year old just walks out of school without a parent,
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  Speaker 1: and especially an eleven year old who suffers from autism,
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  Speaker 1: Tourette's an epilepsy. Why were they not secured in a classroom? So,
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  Speaker 1: despite efforts by local authorities, the family Ryan's is still
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  Speaker 1: missing today. And Guys, this case, like I said, has
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  Speaker 1: me asking so many questions about his disappearance. Now, that morning,
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  Speaker 1: Ryan's mother, Tammy, dropped him off at school, just like
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  Speaker 1: every other day. Now, he was excited about the plans
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  Speaker 1: they had for that evening, crafting clues for a mystery
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  Speaker 1: present they were sending to a friend across the country. Okay, guys,
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  Speaker 1: I love everything about that statement. Okay, crafting clues for
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  Speaker 1: a mystery present. I want someone to send me a
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  Speaker 1: mystery present and craft clues for me. Okay, I want
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  Speaker 1: somebody to do that and send it to me. If
• 25:14
  Speaker 1: you need our address, I can send it to you. Now.
• 25:17
  Speaker 1: Like I said, something went wrong. At about twelve twenty
• 25:20
  Speaker 1: seven pm, Tammy received a call from the school saying
• 25:25
  Speaker 1: that Ryan was missing. I cannot imagine what that phone
• 25:33
  Speaker 1: call is, Like, you think your child is safe at
• 25:37
  Speaker 1: school and that they can't get out of the building. Now,
• 25:41
  Speaker 1: Ryan's mom, Tammy, said, he had been experiing difficulties with
• 25:46
  Speaker 1: a math problem in his class and part of his
• 25:49
  Speaker 1: IEP for those of you that are not aware, that
• 25:51
  Speaker 1: is an individualized education plan, and he was allowed to
• 25:56
  Speaker 1: move to another room to calm down. However, during that
• 26:01
  Speaker 1: brief moment when he was moving classrooms, he was left unattended.
• 26:08
  Speaker 1: There was no teacher or adult with him. So, like
• 26:14
  Speaker 1: I said, I don't understand how that can happen, and
• 26:19
  Speaker 1: I also want to know who's accountable for that. Okay,
• 26:23
  Speaker 1: But somehow he walked out of the school. Okay. The
• 26:27
  Speaker 1: school notified police shortly after, but Ryan had already vanished. Now,
• 26:35
  Speaker 1: Ryan had a history of running away, but his previous
• 26:40
  Speaker 1: disappearances were short lived and he was always found nearby. Now, guys,
• 26:45
  Speaker 1: I want to say for those of you that are thinking, oh, well,
• 26:50
  Speaker 1: he has a history of running away, maybe he ran away, Guys,
• 26:54
  Speaker 1: that's not the point. The point is we drop our
• 26:57
  Speaker 1: children off to school, and especially if they are in
• 27:02
  Speaker 1: special education, they have an IEP and have the issues
• 27:07
  Speaker 1: that he has. He shouldn't have been left unattended to
• 27:10
  Speaker 1: run away. Okay, that's what I'm saying. And because of
• 27:16
  Speaker 1: his history, the police initially focused their search on areas
• 27:20
  Speaker 1: where Ryan had been found in the past. They also
• 27:23
  Speaker 1: looked at local businesses, parks, the apartment complex where he lived,
• 27:28
  Speaker 1: and the playground. Guys, they also searched his grandmother's house
• 27:32
  Speaker 1: because they thought maybe he left and went to his
• 27:36
  Speaker 1: grandmother's house. They found no clues as to what happened
• 27:42
  Speaker 1: to Ryan. Now, Captain DJ Barkle at the Lavista Police Department,
• 27:48
  Speaker 1: who has been deeply involved in this case since the beginning,
• 27:52
  Speaker 1: noted that surveillance footage confirmed Ryan's departure from the school. Okay,
• 28:02
  Speaker 1: I want you to stop. He is on videos seen
• 28:06
  Speaker 1: walking out of the school. Now in the aftermath. In
• 28:11
  Speaker 1: the last couple of years since this disappearance, his mom
• 28:14
  Speaker 1: pursued legal action against pepian Ma Vista Community School District.
• 28:21
  Speaker 1: On May twelfth, twenty twenty three, she filed a petition
• 28:24
  Speaker 1: alleging that the school district and its employees acted in
• 28:28
  Speaker 1: bad faith and used gross misjudgment and were deliberately indifferent
• 28:33
  Speaker 1: to Ryan's knees guys. The court dismissed the place, studying
• 28:40
  Speaker 1: a lack of jurisdiction and authority to grant the requested damages,
• 28:46
  Speaker 1: but Ryan's mom was not going to be deterred, okay.
• 28:51
  Speaker 1: Tammy appealed to the Nebraska Supreme Court seeking financial damages
• 28:56
  Speaker 1: for the school's negligence and the emotional dish dress caused
• 29:00
  Speaker 1: by Ryan's disappearance. Guys. That appeal was also denied, and
• 29:08
  Speaker 1: a further attempt to find closure, Tammy filed a petition
• 29:12
  Speaker 1: to have Ryan declared deceased. This motion was also denied.
• 29:19
  Speaker 1: The Larsen's family attorney Sean Conway explained that the motion
• 29:23
  Speaker 1: was a strategic legal step, as Ryan's death would be
• 29:27
  Speaker 1: presumed after five years of his disappearance, allowing them to
• 29:32
  Speaker 1: pursue other legal actions However, they were trying to do
• 29:37
  Speaker 1: it a little bit sooner. Guys. One thing I've learned
• 29:42
  Speaker 1: since covering missing person cases, if the person is declared deceased,
• 29:48
  Speaker 1: a lot of times it will move to the homicide department.
• 29:52
  Speaker 1: And as we all probably know or assume, homicide cases
• 29:58
  Speaker 1: get looked into lot more than a missing person case.
• 30:04
  Speaker 1: So Ryan's disappearance has left a significant void in his
• 30:08
  Speaker 1: family life. He was known for his love of matchbox cars,
• 30:12
  Speaker 1: army figurines, legos, and he was a little prankster, so
• 30:18
  Speaker 1: tells you he was a little spitfire if he was
• 30:21
  Speaker 1: a prankster. And they said that Ryan was a unique
• 30:25
  Speaker 1: and beloved member of their family. His older sister Taylor
• 30:29
  Speaker 1: reminisced about Ryan's playful nature, especially his habit of using
• 30:35
  Speaker 1: a mechanical wind up bug to prank his sisters and teachers. Guys,
• 30:41
  Speaker 1: I love that he was a Prankster's all I'm going
• 30:43
  Speaker 1: to say is, do not come after me with a
• 30:46
  Speaker 1: snake or a spider, because I am definitely scared of them.
• 30:51
  Speaker 1: So any other wind up bug you can prank me with, Okay.
• 30:55
  Speaker 1: And the family says they are incomplete without Ryan, and
• 31:01
  Speaker 1: that the pain of not knowing what happened to Ryan
• 31:05
  Speaker 1: weighs heavily on them now, despite the legal setbacks and
• 31:11
  Speaker 1: what I'm going to call foilure of our justice system,
• 31:15
  Speaker 1: because I too think the school district should be held accountable.
• 31:22
  Speaker 1: That's just what I think now. What I feel different
• 31:27
  Speaker 1: If it was kids changing class and it was normal,
• 31:31
  Speaker 1: I forget what it's called between changing classes and periods.
• 31:35
  Speaker 1: He snuck out. This was daring class, okay, and he
• 31:39
  Speaker 1: was on an IEP. He was allowed to change rooms,
• 31:42
  Speaker 1: but he was supposed to have an adult with him.
• 31:44
  Speaker 1: So shouldn't that adult who left him unattended be held
• 31:48
  Speaker 1: accountable or at a bare minimum the school district, Now
• 31:53
  Speaker 1: the family, despite the legal setbacks and the ongoing emotional
• 31:57
  Speaker 1: toll this is taking on them, they are continuing to search.
• 32:02
  Speaker 1: They believe, like I believe someone out there knows something,
• 32:08
  Speaker 1: and they are hoping that someone will call in with
• 32:13
  Speaker 1: any information they know. They have said, Ryan did not
• 32:18
  Speaker 1: just disappear into thin air. And as I often say,
• 32:23
  Speaker 1: and I know y'all are gonna say, Terry, stop beating
• 32:26
  Speaker 1: a dead horse, but an alien did not come down
• 32:31
  Speaker 1: and beam him up to Scottie. Somebody had to have
• 32:35
  Speaker 1: seen something or know something. Now, guys, his disappearance is
• 32:41
  Speaker 1: heartbreaking and it is still a mystery. It's been three years. Okay.
• 32:48
  Speaker 1: They want to find Ryan, and I want to ask
• 32:53
  Speaker 1: anyone with the information about Ryan's whereabouts please contact the
• 32:58
  Speaker 1: Law Vita Police Department. Let's not let it be twenty
• 33:03
  Speaker 1: five and a half years like Mchel's family. Okay, call
• 33:06
  Speaker 1: the Law Ofvista Police Department at four oh two three three,
• 33:10
  Speaker 1: one one five eight two. You can also follow the
• 33:14
  Speaker 1: Facebook page where is Ryan Larson? Okay? I am also,
• 33:20
  Speaker 1: as I do after each show, ask you to please
• 33:25
  Speaker 1: share the missing person flyers which will be up on
• 33:28
  Speaker 1: our social media. Guys, sharing it gets the word out.
• 33:34
  Speaker 1: Just one little tip is all it will take. That
• 33:38
  Speaker 1: one little tip leads to other tips, other pieces of
• 33:43
  Speaker 1: the puzzle. Sometimes, for all we know, police could just
• 33:47
  Speaker 1: be waiting on one little thing that makes it all
• 33:51
  Speaker 1: come together. So please share it. Let's get the word
• 33:56
  Speaker 1: out about Ryan and Michale. Now. I do not have
• 34:03
  Speaker 1: a lighthearted story for you today. Today, for your palate cleanser,
• 34:10
  Speaker 1: I thought I would share some of the nonprofits that
• 34:14
  Speaker 1: communities can support, individuals can support to help families of
• 34:20
  Speaker 1: the missing and guys. When considering how to make an
• 34:23
  Speaker 1: impact on the issue of missing persons, you want to
• 34:26
  Speaker 1: support reputable nonprofits and it is a powerful way to contribute. Okay.
• 34:33
  Speaker 1: These organizations work tirelessly to provide resources, advocacy, and support
• 34:40
  Speaker 1: to the families and the communities affected by the disappearance
• 34:44
  Speaker 1: of loved ones. Okay, So here is some of the
• 34:49
  Speaker 1: top nonprofits. Okay. As we all know, we have NCMEC,
• 34:56
  Speaker 1: which is the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
• 35:00
  Speaker 1: They were founded in nineteen eighty four. They have a
• 35:03
  Speaker 1: twenty four hour hotline and they have a cyber tip line. Also,
• 35:07
  Speaker 1: remember you can always give tips to FBI dot gov
• 35:12
  Speaker 1: slash tips now. NCMEC says donations help fund their hotline,
• 35:21
  Speaker 1: public education efforts, and support services for families. Excuse me.
• 35:28
  Speaker 1: You can also get involved by participating in awareness campaigns,
• 35:33
  Speaker 1: going out to volunteer to do searches. If you here
• 35:38
  Speaker 1: in your local area that there's going to be an
• 35:41
  Speaker 1: event for missing person, don't feel like, oh, I don't
• 35:44
  Speaker 1: know that person. Go anyway. You have no idea how
• 35:49
  Speaker 1: much it means to the families. It means a lot. Now.
• 35:53
  Speaker 1: Polaris is another one. They operate the National Human Trafficking
• 35:58
  Speaker 1: Hotline and they are a top leader in the fight
• 36:03
  Speaker 1: against human trafficking, which, guys, it is closely linked to
• 36:08
  Speaker 1: the issue of missing persons. We know that a lot
• 36:13
  Speaker 1: of these individuals who have gone missing are being trafficked.
• 36:17
  Speaker 1: It is a huge problem. They go hand in hand.
• 36:22
  Speaker 1: I have had people tell me, oh, you don't know
• 36:25
  Speaker 1: for sure that somebody could have just taken them for this.
• 36:28
  Speaker 1: We do know that people are abducted and sex trafficked.
• 36:34
  Speaker 1: It's not just little girls, it's boys, it's young ladies,
• 36:38
  Speaker 1: it's young men, it's adult women, it's adult men. Okay.
• 36:44
  Speaker 1: You can donate to PLARS to help them maintain their
• 36:47
  Speaker 1: hotline and support victims of human trafficking. They also say
• 36:52
  Speaker 1: you can educate yourself on the signs of trafficking. Okay,
• 36:59
  Speaker 1: not going to go in to that, but there are
• 37:01
  Speaker 1: some really great tips at their site. Now the Dough Network.
• 37:07
  Speaker 1: I love the Dough Network. They are a fully volunteer
• 37:11
  Speaker 1: based organization and they insist law enforcement in solving cold
• 37:16
  Speaker 1: cases of unidentified persons, often as we know referred to
• 37:20
  Speaker 1: as Jane and John Doe. But by working with the
• 37:24
  Speaker 1: database of missing persons and unidentified remains. The Dough Network
• 37:29
  Speaker 1: strives and their goal is to bring closures to families
• 37:34
  Speaker 1: by identifying these unknown individuals. So in case you don't know, say,
• 37:41
  Speaker 1: for example, they're putting in a new subdivision somewhere and
• 37:45
  Speaker 1: while the construction crew is doing that, they unearthed the
• 37:49
  Speaker 1: remain and they see it. No one knows who the
• 37:53
  Speaker 1: remain is, they can identify it. The Dough Network works
• 38:00
  Speaker 1: intensively to try to match them and to find out
• 38:04
  Speaker 1: who they are. Which is a big deal, okay, because
• 38:10
  Speaker 1: a lot of the people that do Network has in
• 38:13
  Speaker 1: their database are missing persons and we could give closure
• 38:18
  Speaker 1: to families if we could match them. So the Dough
• 38:22
  Speaker 1: Network is amazing now. They do take donations. They also
• 38:28
  Speaker 1: are looking for volunteers if you like to donate your
• 38:33
  Speaker 1: time and dig into things you want. If you think
• 38:37
  Speaker 1: you're a sleuth and you've got the time and the skills,
• 38:41
  Speaker 1: I say, reach out to them. Another one is the
• 38:44
  Speaker 1: Black and Missing Foundation. They were founded in two thousand
• 38:48
  Speaker 1: and eight and it addresses the issues of missing persons
• 38:52
  Speaker 1: of color, who, as we have learned, are often unrepresented,
• 38:58
  Speaker 1: underrepresented in the media, and guys they receive less attention
• 39:04
  Speaker 1: from law enforcement. I know law enforcement's going to tell
• 39:07
  Speaker 1: you that's not the case. I am going to go
• 39:10
  Speaker 1: by statistics in history in saying I'm going to go
• 39:16
  Speaker 1: on a limb and say ninety percent of the counties
• 39:19
  Speaker 1: it is treated different. Okay. So they also accept donations.
• 39:26
  Speaker 1: They are also looking for people who want to help
• 39:29
  Speaker 1: raise awareness about their organization. Another good one is the
• 39:34
  Speaker 1: Aware Foundation. The Aware Foundation works to promote safety and
• 39:39
  Speaker 1: prevent abductions through public awareness campaigns, advocacy, and educational programs. However,
• 39:48
  Speaker 1: they also provide assistance to families of missing persons to
• 39:52
  Speaker 1: help spread the word about the missing individuals through social
• 39:56
  Speaker 1: media and other platforms. I want to tell you it
• 40:03
  Speaker 1: can happen to anyone. Can say. No one in my
• 40:10
  Speaker 1: personal family has gone missing. So I can't say I
• 40:14
  Speaker 1: exactly know what it feels like. What I can say
• 40:17
  Speaker 1: after getting so close to the Chase Chase's family and
• 40:22
  Speaker 1: learning so much about Chase, it breaks my heart. It
• 40:29
  Speaker 1: is shocking how many of these missing persons do not
• 40:33
  Speaker 1: get the attention in the media they deserve. And it's
• 40:37
  Speaker 1: even worse for the black community, also for the Indigenous community.
• 40:44
  Speaker 1: Now NamUs is the national Missing and Unidentified Person System.
• 40:49
  Speaker 1: It is funded by the US Department of Justice and
• 40:53
  Speaker 1: it is an essential resource for anyone involved in missing
• 40:56
  Speaker 1: person cases. Guys, I spend a lot of time in
• 41:00
  Speaker 1: the nameous database. Okay. They provide technology, forensic services, and
• 41:06
  Speaker 1: investigative support to the families and to law enforcement. Now,
• 41:11
  Speaker 1: they do not solicit donations, but you can advocate in
• 41:16
  Speaker 1: your community for greater use of names. You can also
• 41:21
  Speaker 1: support them by going to their database, finding individuals in
• 41:25
  Speaker 1: your area, sharing the missing person fly airs on your
• 41:29
  Speaker 1: social media. You do not have to wait for me
• 41:33
  Speaker 1: to cover them. You can go and do that. Okay. Now.
• 41:38
  Speaker 1: The last one is CUE. The Center for Missing Person
• 41:41
  Speaker 1: is dedicated to finding missing people, advocating for their families,
• 41:46
  Speaker 1: and providing critical support during the search. They offer a
• 41:50
  Speaker 1: range of services including search and recovery operations, public awareness campaigns,
• 41:56
  Speaker 1: and victims support services. They need volunteers in almost every community,
• 42:04
  Speaker 1: so if you are looking to volunteer, one of these
• 42:08
  Speaker 1: organizations is a great place to get started. I can
• 42:12
  Speaker 1: tell you here in Texas, Texas Equisearch and TECHSAR are
• 42:18
  Speaker 1: both great nonprofit organizations. Now, they do not work directly
• 42:24
  Speaker 1: with the family and what I mean by that is
• 42:27
  Speaker 1: they do not go out and conduct a search on
• 42:30
  Speaker 1: famili's requests. They are brought in by law enforcement. They will, however,
• 42:36
  Speaker 1: help guide you to work with law enforcement so that
• 42:43
  Speaker 1: you can find your loved ones. So, guys, I'm going
• 42:46
  Speaker 1: to tell you supporting nonprofits that work on the issue
• 42:50
  Speaker 1: of missing person is a powerful way for us to
• 42:55
  Speaker 1: not only find the individuals that are missing, but hopefully
• 42:59
  Speaker 1: to prevent and more individuals from going missing. So, whether
• 43:04
  Speaker 1: it's through donations, volunteering, or spreading awareness, sharing the missing
• 43:10
  Speaker 1: person flyers, that makes you an advocate, Okay, share it all.
• 43:16
  Speaker 1: I am is an advocate. I share the stories because
• 43:21
  Speaker 1: that's what I can do. So I'm asking all of
• 43:24
  Speaker 1: you to please do what you can. Share the flyers
• 43:30
  Speaker 1: on the cases that we cover in any that you
• 43:32
  Speaker 1: see in your area. Okay. And I want to thank
• 43:36
  Speaker 1: you all for tuning in today and I can't wait
• 43:40
  Speaker 1: to see you on Monday for the next episode of
• 43:42
  Speaker 1: Midday Missing, where we'll continue shedding light on those cases
• 43:47
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• 43:50
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• 44:45
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