www.findmarizela.com; Update: PayPal donation button added; Breaking…a possible sign of hope; Update on AOL/AIM lead

Our friend and tech guru Ed Burns has helped create a stand-alone website for my missing cousin, Marizela Perez.
You can find videos, pictures, background stories, and links at:
Still working on a Paypal link for donations to help the family defray the costs of the search for Marizela. Will let you know as soon as it’s live.
UPDATE: Here it is:
I was able to spread the word at the end of my regular Fox and Friends segment this morning (watch here; get embeddable clip here) and FoxNews.com will also be writing a follow-up. (UPDATE: Here’s the new FoxNews.com story.)
And I’ll be joining my friend Tammy Bruce on the Laura Ingraham radio show this morning at 9:30am to get the word out further.
We’re blessed to have so many dear friends. Bottomless thanks again for your continued prayers, support, and volunteer efforts online and on the ground.
“In prosperity, our friends know us; in adversity, we know our friends.” -J. Churton Collins
Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be men of courage; be strong. –1 Corinthians 16:13
Marizela (Em-em and Mei to her family and friends), we will find you. You are so loved.
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Update: The Seattle Times has the story of how Marizela may have signed on to AOL/AIM Messenger recently. It could be potentially the huge break we need to locate her. The question is whether it was Marizela who signed on or whether it was someone else who had access to the account or whether the sign-on screen is misdated or outdated. Police are investigating.
Cross your fingers, pray, keep spreading the word. Thank you.
Update 3/18: A setback this morning. Just heard from Marizela’s dad Edgar that the police have checked out the AOL/AIM lead. Here’s what he told me:
“Update from Det. Eng: Per AOL, Emem has been logged-on since March 9 using her cell phone and never logged off. She never sent out any messages either.”
We move forward. Continued prayers and support so appreciated.
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Thanks for the link and I’m glad you’ve been able to get this out on Fox.
My heart aches for you and your family, Michelle. Limbo is the worst place to be. Praying for a happy ending.
I wasn’t able to catch your appearance on fox and friends, but if they only gave you a moment at the end, then that sucks.
Focusing on Nancy Pelosi and her insane comments isn’t much of a story. Giving more focus on your cousin would be much better television and of course, is much more deserved. Especially since you were a member of their team and you were treated poorly when you left the O’Reilly factor.
Again, I didn’t see you this morning because I don’t receive Fox anymore, but I still wish they could of devoted all the Pelosi time to your cousin instead.
Michelle, when Marizela returns (statistical probability indicates she likely will), will you please do an interview with her and post it on your website or post it somewhere else and link to it for us to watch?
I would love to hear your cousin speak and understand why she decided to leave.
When I look at pictures of her, she seems like such a sweet young lady.
Thoughts and prayers continue for her safe return, Michelle.
Michelle, I have been reading various missing persons statistics on the web and discovered that less than 1% – specifically only about 0.2% of missing persons are abducted by strangers. So, in other words, there is a 99.8% chance that Marizela is in a different circumstance and will therefore return relatively unharmed in the near future.
I really believe in statistics because they are representative of results, not our human fears.
I am 100% confident that she will return to your family and everything will eventually be fine.
Bless her and bless your family.
Keep faith in God, Michelle.
I was curious. Did you check to see if she crossed the Canadian border?
I’m very hopeful! Still praying!
Good morning Michelle,
I called The Dennis Miller Show and his call screener said he would look at your site and see if Dennis can give a shot out regarding your dilemma.
I’ll call Mark Levin tonight. Only thing I know what to do from Tulsa, OK.
Bless you and yours
She’s still in my prayers Michelle. Hoping and praying for a happy ending.
I don’t usually post comments on these kinds of posts because I really don’t want to post something that sounds “ditto” and phony. I watch CNBC most of the day and I’ve had it with everybody who has to begin every answer to questions about the Japan crisis with a two-minute prologue starting with “Our thoughts and prayers go out to the brave Japanese people…”
But I know your family can use all of the help you can get and I believe in the power of prayer. I’m sure you can feel the prayers.
I saw you on F&F this morning Michelle. Bless your heart, you looked like you were really having a hard time talking about Marizela. My faith says God hears prayers and there are so many talking to Him. Please take care of you for your family and us.
L
Saw the same thing. But Michelle held up well and got the message out effectively, despite revealing on her face what has clearly been a difficult time for her.
Prayers for Marizela and your family.
Still hoping and praying for Marizela’s safe return. My heart aches for you and your family Michelle.
Cher Pere, emmener Mei au foyer.
Thanks for the link to PayPal. My prayers are with you.
Michelle
I’ve been following this since you first posted it. I’ve reposted all to my FB page (I know a few people who live out that way). I wish I could do more.
Many prayers for Marizela’s safe return, soon!
( I checked the website and the Paypal link there seems to have been embedded incorrectly, I’ll check again, though…sometimes my computer does weird things!)
Thanks, IApollyticks. Yes, the PayPal button here works, but we’re trying to troubleshoot the embed code on the FindMarizela.com site right now. Thanks.
Prayers continue. Take care. Glad the word is getting out, Michelle!
The PayPal link above worked for me, but note – after you enter the amount you wish to donate, click on the Update Amount button before you fill in name and address… Otherwise the form goes blank and you have to start over.
Hang in there Michelle.
Thanks for the link Michelle. I am hoping for the best outcome.
Testing iPad app.
Paypal worked like a charm.
Still praying for Marizela’s safe return and your family’s piece of mind.
God grant you his Peace.
Oops. Wrong post. App works great.
Used to keep this in my pocket on deployment, god bless:
It is easy to love him when the blue is in the sky,
When the summer winds are blowing, and we smell The roses nigh;
There is little effort needed to obey His precious will
When it leads through flower-decked valley, or over Sun kissed hill.
It is when the rain is falling, or the mist hangs in the air,
When the road is dark and rugged, and the wind no longer fair,
When the rosy dawn has settled in a shadowland of gray,
That we find it hard to trust Him, and are slower to obey.
It is easy to trust Him when the singing birds have come,
And their songs of praise are echoed in our heart and
In our home;
But it’s when we miss the music, and the days are dull and drear,
That we need a faith triumphant over the every doubt and fear.
And our blessed Lord will give it; what we lack He will supply;
Let us ask in faith believing-on His promises rely;
He will ever be our leader, whether smooth or rough the way,
And will prove Himself sufficient for the needs of every day
Donated! Still hoping & praying for you & your family. Maybe we’ll get good news soon.
Paypal worked for me! Still praying, Michelle, for you and yours…and especially for Marizela.
Marizela, if you happen to be reading this, please let your family know you’re okay. Many, many people are worried about you, even people you’ve never met. But if you’re here, you already know that. Whatever may be troubling you, your friends and family just want you back. They are not angry with you. Their only frustration and anxiety stems from not knowing whether you are alive or dead. They will be more at ease if you could answer that question for them.
Somebody somewhere has to know where she is. They need to step forward and say something. Those who are close to anyone who’ve gone missing are owed some form of relief, especially after this length of time. It must feel like months have passed already.
I’m glad to see that this event hasn’t diminished your political passion that much, Michelle. You’re still on your game, and I admire your strength and perseverance. If it keeps you from dwelling within the bleaker parts of your mind, I think that’s the healthy path to take. Keep your head and your spirits high, my friend.
Oh, Michelle, that is super news about your cousin. We are praying, and praying hard for your family and for her safe return. Trust in the Lord with all thine heart.
HUGE!
Someone has that laptop, and pray it’s her.
AIM can login automatically when you start up the computer. So it may be someone with her computer.
Oh my goodness Michelle. The news on the up-date has me knowing God is listening to all our prayers. I won’t stop praying till we get an answer from God. Then I will thank Him for listening to us all.
L
AOL should be able to trace the IP address back to a carrier if nothing else. Pinpointing an actual physical location might be possible depending on a few factors but this should turn into some actionable intelligence!
Still praying for everyone.
Chances are it was Marizela who signed on. Chances are great that she will be found soon because of this development.
I am so confident she is okay that I am already imagining you posting the good news that she has been found and is safe.
I can’t wait.
When she is found and returns to your family, I will have the biggest smile on my face as I will feel so happy at the good end result.
Just saw the update. We pray this ray of hope turns into her safe return. Prayers from Iowa.
Finally, something.
Now, to keep one’s fingers crossed and hope that it’s her and not someone else.
I just lit a candle in prayer for the safe return of Marizela. With this much love, prayers, and effort everything will turn out well.
Michelle, we are still praying! Of all things, it’s the least we can do — yet the most powerful…
Thanks for the paypal button. Took my donation just fine. Hope every thing turns out good.
Oh Lord, our Heavenly Father. We thank You for this sign You’ve given us. We continue to lift up Marizela to You, and ask that You hold Your Hand over her and keep her safe. Please bring her home safely.
We ask that You comfort her family. Send Your Holy Spirit to them to comfort and strengthen them.
We ask this in the Name of Your Son, Jesus Christ,
Amen.
We pray for Marizela’s safe return.
I tried calling Mark Levin this evening and his line is busy. Big day for Levin, his Landmark Legal Foundation is suing to get the IRS to investigate the NEA’s tax free status. Here is my email to him, hope it helps.
Marizela is lucky to have Michelle as a cousin. Many prayers for her safe return.
I’ve located ‘missing’ people in a similar way through facebook. It’s a good thing if she’s OK, but she might be scared that she will get in trouble with all the people looking for her now.
I hope she is OK. Nobody would log onto her account except her. You just need to get the IP of the login and hopefully you’ll find her.
Hopefully, this information about the AOL/AIM messenger means that she is okay. The way I see it, only she would know the login information for her account. I will definitely keep praying for her safe return.
ThackerAgency, bingo: “…scared that she will get in trouble with all the people looking for her now.”
That was me, many years ago. I was scared to go back. Embarrassed. Had no idea how to approach anyone. If this sign with the login means what I think it does, then she likely needs to be made to understand that there is nothing to fear, and only relief and joy ahead.
*My theory, and it is just that, is she has run off with a young man to sort things out in her life, possibly conflict with her parents, a very common occurence at that age; She will come out of hiding, safe, embarrassed, and seeking privacy with her parents; That would be a great outcome!
Still praying for a happy conclusion to the story of Marizela. PayPal worked for me, too. (A small way to help the family.)
Prayers.
Praying
Any chance she went to Canada? If so. I happen to run the #1 site for missing people in Canada and could add this.
God be with your whole family.
A chunk of America is praying for this young lady.
Why are you in despair, O my soul?
And why have you become disturbed within me?
Hope in God, for I shall again praise Him
For the help of His presence.
O my God, my soul is in despair within me;
Therefore I remember You from the land of the Jordan
And the peaks of Hermon, from Mount Mizar.
Deep calls to deep at the sound of Your waterfalls;
All Your breakers and Your waves have rolled over me.
The LORD will command His lovingkindness in the daytime;
And His song will be with me in the night,
A prayer to the God of my life. – Psalm 42.
Hear the prayers of Marzela’s mother and father crying out in fear and despair for their precious girl. Deep calling unto deep. From the depths of their souls to the depths of Your soul, oh God. Be moved Lord,and move. Bring Marzela home. Please, please bring her home.
Hot off the presses at findmarzela.com.
Thank God. Something for these folks to hold onto. Marizela, please come home.
Wow,
I was praying for a break like this. I keep praying this young woman is okay.
I had to wait for my travel expenses to pay today before making a small donation. I see it posted so I am free to finally make that donation.
I keep praying for this positive outcome and the Lord’s hand to be seen in this.
I am so proud of our kids I can’t contain it. It’s an chronic condition with me, but here’s the latest reason:
They’ve been working hard making jewelry and selling it door to door, in order to spread the word about Marizela and raise money for the search. They thought of this today.
We give at least one flyer at each house, and some folks take more to post at work. Our neighbors are generous people, and every single one tonight wanted to hear as much as we could tell them about Marizela.
Our kids paid for most of their supplies with their own money they earned doing extra chores, so it is a bona fide sacrifice, but made with joy, which the neighbors picked up on immediately.
Yeah, of course I posted this to brag on these little geniuses, but also to give someone, who might want it, an idea that might lead to an idea about how to help.
Still praying.
Trust in God
Zesty – Thank you so much. Give your kids an extra big hug for me and please send them deepest thanks and praise from our family.
Hoping this is just the break everyone has been looking for!
We have also prayed for Mr. M. Realizing this is a difficult situation for everyone, sometimes we forget Dad. He’s hurting too. Just can’t show it. Stay strong!
Every morning I check your website hoping for good news. I will continue to pray for your cousin and family. You are all in my thoughts and prayers.
I will light a candle to our Lady of Fatima. Our Lady has worked many miracles.
Still praying.
Praying that this recent development leads you to finding Marizela.
I have lots of hope and am still praying like heck! Em em, I hope you’re warm and safe somewhere with at least lifes basic needs. @Zesty- your kids are wonderful. What a very sweet, purposeful thing to do.
I’m proud of your kids, too. *They* represent the best in us.
Gave them that hug, Michelle, and told them what you said. Big grins. Thanks! Gotta go make more necklaces, etc.
Prayers (saw update).
I had rather hoped that the AOL development would be a stronger lead than it has apparently turned out to be.
Still not to the point of hoping against hope, but hoping for the best all the same.
Aye yi yi. The lead didn’t pan out. I’m so sorry, Michelle.
With funds being raised, I really hope this’ll turn around. The police are the police. That’s all I can really say about that. The lead not coming to anything is not their fault. They’ve done what they can, so far. But, having someone dedicated to finding Em em- well, that’s something entirely better. Still gotz my fingers and toes crossed. No way could this drag on and on- I just don’t feel it.
So does this mean that her cell phone has been on and operating since she left? I don’t use AIM on my cell phone/blackberry so I am not sure if it would maintain a connection if turned off. But if her cell phone is on, isn’t there a gps in many, many cell phones these days? Have any calls been made from the cell phone? If it has been on for 13 days certainly somebody is charging the thing. I don’t know a lot of batteries that work for 13 days even in standby mode.
Oh dear. Still in my thoughts and prayers.
(sigh)
Anyway – from AOL Canada’s web site:
“Sign Off
Once you have signed on, your AIM Mobile session remains active – even if the browser is not being used or the phone is turned off – until you select Sign off, or AIM automatically signs you off after eight hours of inactivity. This way, you can receive messages without incurring Web charges while on standby, talking or doing other activities with the phone.
When you are done sending and receiving messages, it is best to sign off the service so your buddies know you are offline. If you do not sign off, you remain signed on until you are timed out, and your status will appear as online on your friends’ Buddy ListTM.
After you sign off, also turn off your phone to prevent others from using your screen name. Even if you have signed off AIM Mobile, your screen name and password remain active on the phone and can provide access to your AIM session if anyone else uses your phone.”
Not sure why she wouldn’t have been signed off after 8 hours, unless she was using it. If she was using it, or her phone was on, it would leave a trail through the cell towers.
She went missing on the 5th, then logged in on the 9th? And the police haven’t tracked the cell phone through the cell tower jungle?
Do they need a court order for the phone records since she is an adult?
Also, wouldn’t her phone run out of battery life eventually? This long time on indicates her phone is getting regular power.
Either someone stole her phone and using it or she’s still alive and charging her phone. Or maybe her phone is left along charging somewhere.
Either which way, her phone is on and couldn’t they locate it with GPS or cell phone tower tracing?
I agree, but I think the police are just being cautious. Too many people believe in the CSI/NCIS/Law and Order mindset that the computer guru can find anyone, anywhere. It’s close, but it’s not perfect.
If they find out that her phone is just plugged in and logged on somewhere without her using it, that’s still a break. If this is the big break, and it may be, we need to give them lots of breathing room. Let’s give the police a chance to do their job
Not to mention this is an active investigation. We don’t necessarily know everything they know. Certain information being released could hinder their efforts.
Michelle: still praying and hoping. Sent your website address to all on my email list and told them to read the articles regarding Marizela’s disappearance. Many people are praying.
Agreed.
If us not knowing means the police get just that much closer to an answer, then by all means, keep me in the dark. I’m sure the family is given updates, though they are probably cautiously optimistic.
My phone, Sprint Blackberry, will usually stay charged for up to a week with little or very limited use. That is good, however I often travel to an area which forces my phone to continually “search”, if that is the right term, for a signal. Battery life there has been as little as a couple of days or less.
What happened is someone logged in apart from Marizela and someone else showed she logged on and off in their Instant Messaging window.
She didn’t have to send a message to show up as online on someone else’s account. And it sounded like they saw them come online and then go offline. If she was online continually from her phone, it would not have showed that she was offline.
experience here. if it showed her come online and go offline, it was her and she’s OK somewhere.
I was reminded of a quote from “Fallen Angels” today that might apply or give some comfort here…
I just tweeted iJustine to ask her Seattle area fans to look for Marizela. I also posted a couple messages to her latest videos on her Youtube channels, which might help.
Her fanbase is largely younger people, and she has a million subscribers on Youtube, so it might help in the search.
I dunno. Couldn’t think of any better way I could help get the word out…
Anything is worth a try, any idea is as good as the next one. Getting the word out is the main thing. Know the helpless in OK feeling myself.
I presume the login does not time out if the user browses to another site or the phone loses power. Otherwise, what has kept that silly iPhone going for 10 days?
Praying for her…
{o.o}
I don’t comment much on the site, but I come here regularly to get the “real” news about what is going on in our country. A donation to help find Marizela is the least I can do. Thank you for all you do Michelle.
Thoughts and prayers to you all.
My prayers and thoughts go out to you and your family in this difficult time. May you soon learn of her whereabouts.
She disappeared on the 5th, and logged on the 9th. I’m assuming it was indeed Marizela and continue to pray believing she’s coming home. Any sign offers hope.
What man is there among you who, when his son asks for a loaf, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, he will not give him a snake, will he? If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give what is good to those who ask Him!
This much – Father, we ask You in sincere faith for a good thing – Marizela safe and whole and home with her family. Bring her home.
Yet another heart engaged in hope.
May Mei soon return to the loving embrace of her wonderful family.
Small donation & many prayers for your loved ones
Em em, I’m still praying for your safe return home to your loved ones! I’m ever so hopeful!
I’ve had moments when I was younger of wanting to hop on a bus and just moving away- even if it meant flipping burgers somewhere. The realization that I’d have to take myself with me made me stay put. As long as my head was attached to the rest of me, I’d have to find other ways of working through whatever problem I was experiencing at the time. My issues usually start and end with me.
Still praying, still believing. Even harder now.
Oh yeah, and kids still making jewelry and raising funds. With gusto. It’s an answer to part of the prayer: something we can do.
Treasure every second with those kids, Z. They’re gone before you know it. Boggles the mind how fast 20 years passes. Bragging rights are yours!
Mei’s coming home, and every hour that passes will make the reunion that much sweeter. Watch over her and bring her home Lord.
Trust in God.
I do not want to give false hope, but I view the above update as a good sign. If she has been logged on, but hasn’t logged off, that means that her phone still has power (as least, that’s the way my phone works). Since it’s been almost 2 week, either she bought super-phone, or it’s been getting charged.
Once again, I hope it’s the latter.
In any case, I hope the police and this wonderful network can find her and bring her home. My prayers are also with you.