Saturday, July 7, 2012

Sex offender nabbed in case of missing college student

St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Offi

Lavergne was booked on a charge of first-degree murder in connection with the disappearance of Mickey Shunick.

By Louis Casiano, msnbc.com

Police in Louisiana have made an arrest in the?disappearance?of a 22-year-old college student that shocked the surrounding community and prompted an intense search for the missing woman, NBC station KPLC?in Lake Charles reported.?

Lafayette Police said 33-year-old Brandon Lavergne, a registered sex offender, was charged Thursday with first-degree murder and aggravated kidnapping in the disappearance of Mickey Shunick.

Lafayette Police Department

Mickey Shunick was last seen riding her bike through the city before she went missing.

Bond was set at $250,000 for aggravated kidnapping , but none for the murder charge, The Advertiser reported.?


They did not confirm if a search of Lavergne's mobile home?yielded?any evidence.?

Shunick went missing after leaving a friend's house on bicycle in the early morning hours of May 19 to go to her parent's home a few miles away.?

The Advocate reported her family became worried when she never showed for her brother's high school graduation that morning, and reported her as a missing person later that day.?

Louisiana police: Missing student not tied to any other case

Shunick had been an anthropology major at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette at the time of her disappearance.?

Police didn't make a break in the case until a fisherman found her bike submerged in a local bay on May 27.?

Shunick's disappearance led to large volunteer search efforts and donations, the paper?reported.

Lavergne was required to register as a sex offender after having been arrested in 2000 for the blindfolding and sexual assault of an 18-year-old girl.

He was serving in the Army and stationed at Fort Polk when he committed that crime.

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He is classified as a Tier 3-level sex offender and must be registered for life, according to a Louisiana sex offender database.?

If convicted of capital murder, Lavergne could face life in prison or the death penalty.?

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