UL-Lafayette

The University of Louisiana Lafayette football program has announced that they will honor former UL student Mickey Shunick this season by putting decals on their football helmets.  The team will wear the decals on the helmets all season long to honor Mickey. Our sister station in Lafayette, Hot 107.9, is reporting that the Ragin' Cajuns head coach is supporting tribute fully.

Some 90 days after she first went missing, Mickey Shunick finally returned home today after the Lafayette Parish Coroner's office released her body to her family.

Just hours after the news broke that Brandon Lavergne plead guilty for the murders of Mickey Shunick and Lisa Pate, he found himself already in the Louisiana State Prison in Angola.

In probably the only move left to him, Brandon Scott Lavergne pled guilty today to the murders of Michaela "Mickey" Shunick and Lisa Pate.  And, in doing so, he revealed the heartbreaking story of how everything went down on that fateful night back in May when Shunick went missing -- and on another night in 1999 when he killed Lisa.

The Lafayette Police have confirmed that the body discovered in Evangeline Parish on Tuesday is that of missing UL-Lafayette student Mickey Shunick, who has been missing since May.

KPEL Newsradio is reporting that Brandon Scott Lavergne, the suspect in the murder of Michaela "Mickey" Shunick, was checked out of jail yesterday at roughly the same time police were discovering the body they believe is hers.

After a tense afternoon of back-and-forth in the media, Lafayette's Police Chief Jim Craft confirmed to multiple media outlets that officials believe they have found the body of missing UL-Lafayette student Mickey Shunick, who has been missing since May.

It's not much, but all of us who are still hoping that Mickey Shunick will still be found can help in some small way tonight. Mickey's family is asking for a mass moment of silence at 10 p.m. tonight, and they're also asking you to show your support by turning on your porch lights or lighting a candle.  If nothing else, it at least brings some positive energy to a sad story.

FINAL UPDATE, 10:25 a.m.: After a busy morning of digging in the Swords region near Lawtell, St. Landry Parish officials have ruled out three mysterious dirt mounds as possible gravesites for missing UL-Lafayette student Mickey Shunick.