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Posted: 5/30/2012
Authorities in Louisiana say they do not believe there is a link between the disappearance of University of Louisiana student Michaela 'Mickey' Shunick and that of missing Indiana University student Lauren Spierer.It has been almost two weeks since the disappearance of Shunick, a 22-year-old senior anthropology major. An avid cyclist, Shunick was last seen in the early morning hours of May 19, when she left a friend's home on Ryan Street in Lafayette. Shunick was cycling to her home on Gov. Miro Drive -- a distance of about four miles -- when she vanished without a trace.Spierer, 20, was last seen on June 3, 2011, around 4:30 a.m. just a few blocks from her Smallwood Plaza apartment in Indiana. Earlier in the night, Spierer had visited a nearby sports bar that closes at 3 a.m. When she left the establishment, she left behind her shoes and cellphone, and reportedly went to an acquaintance's apartment before deciding to walk home. What happened to her after that remains a mystery. MICKEY SHUNICK PHOTOS: (Article Continues Below)
Authorities in Louisiana are searching for Michaela 'Mickey' Shunick, a 22-year-old senior anthropology major at the University of Louisiana, who was last seen on the morning of May 19.Mickey Shunick left a friend's home on Ryan Street in Lafayette, Louisiana on the morning of May 19. Shunick was cycling to her home on Governor Miro Drive, a distance of about four miles, when she vanished without a trace, the Lafayette Police Department said.Ashley Says and Brettly Wilson, friends of Mickey Shunick, give instructions to friends, family and other concerned volunteers at the beginning of a search party for Shunick, a 21-year-old woman last seen on her bicycle leaving Wilson's house on Ryan Street, pictured, in the early overnight hours Saturday in Lafayette. (<a href='http://www.theadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2012205220313' target='_hplink'>Leslie Westbrook, The Adver