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1. #1
   On February 5th, 2012 at 2:28 pm, zorro said:

   We are still praying.

   Trust in God

2. #2
   On February 5th, 2012 at 2:43 pm, Republicanvet said:

   Still hoping and praying Michelle.

   Has the Seattle PD said why they won’t share what they have?

   Given their buffoonery in other areas, are they misinterpreting something here too?

   I cannot believe she took her own life. I cannot believe she would have done so in a manner that she would stay hidden. One would think people contemplating that would not be concerned with staying hidden.

3. #3
   On February 5th, 2012 at 2:45 pm, Misscheryl said:

   Praying for you and your family.

4. #4
   On February 5th, 2012 at 2:50 pm, tre said:

   Isaiah 43:2
   2 When you pass through the waters,
   I will be with you;
   and when you pass through the rivers,
   they will not sweep over you.
   When you walk through the fire,
   you will not be burned;
   the flames will not set you ablaze.

   Deuteronomy 31:8
   8 The LORD himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.”

   God is still with her, and with you.

5. #5
   On February 5th, 2012 at 2:58 pm, happyscrapper said:

   It is the not knowing that is so hard! I really can’t understand why the police won’t give you any information. That is beyond comprehension and is immoral, as far as I’m concerned. Makes me think they are hiding something, but why would they do that?

   Wherever Marizela is, God is holding her in His loving arms. You can take comfort in knowing that He never forsakes us and Marizela is safe.

6. #6
   On February 5th, 2012 at 3:07 pm, peteee said:

   it is sad, and the longer it takes the colder the case becomes. there was a case 16 years ago, it was of a teenage girl, and they still have no real clues. here is a link to the story, rachel melon. and plainfield also has a story of a wife missing for a few years, lisa stebic, and the first link is from bolingbrook illinois, where we have a wife who is also missing, her husband is in jail, but they cannot locate her, and he is the suspect. i hope i don’t need to mention his name, those dopes at lifetime just did a movie about him, before any jury has heard the case.

7. #7
   On February 5th, 2012 at 3:07 pm, BB said:

   Our hearts are with you and yours, Michelle.

8. #8
   On February 5th, 2012 at 3:14 pm, bjc said:

   *I continue to lift Marizela and her family up in my thoughts and prayers!
   *No activity on her phone/cards/I.D. and the like are bad in 2 ways; No trail to a culprit of opportunity, and a higher likelihood the work of a depraved individual lurking on the edges of humanity; I hope and pray I am wrong!
   *Statistically, suicides are found out at a very high discovery rate, so this seems unlikely to me, IMHO!
   *I’m with tre on this lovely young woman, that the Lord is still with her, and with you and your family!

9. #9
   On February 5th, 2012 at 3:26 pm, Hangfire said:

   Wife and I lit a candle for her at Mass this morning.

   Came home and read this thread. So sad.

10. #10
    On February 5th, 2012 at 3:50 pm, laugrat said:

    I don’t know who wrote this, but sometimes I read it to make me feel more hopeful….

    - May you find serenity and tranquility in a world you may not always understand.

    - May the pain you have known and the conflict you have experienced give you the strength to walk through life facing each new situation with courage and optimism.

    - Always know that there are those whose love and understanding will always be there, even when you feel most alone.

    - May you discover enough goodness in others to believe in a world of peace.

    - May a kind word, a reassuring touch, and a warm smile be yours every day of your life, and may you give these gifts as well as receive them.

    - Remember the sunshine when the storm seems unending and that God loves you.

11. #11
    On February 5th, 2012 at 3:53 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    The SPD is just another bloated agency that no longer adheres to the oaths of it’s office. How sad that people are often driven to litigate just to get others to do the right thing. I pray that at this point Marizela is alive but just doesn’t want to be found. I hope that circumstances change for the better for all concerned.

12. #12
    On February 5th, 2012 at 4:13 pm, letget said:

    Marizela, along with every person who has gone missing, will be in my prayers. It seems there are so many and every family has heart aches as your’s does Michelle.

    God answers prayers, but sometimes they aren’t the answer those asking wants. Faith and trust is what keeps me going in my faith in God.
    L

13. #13
    On February 5th, 2012 at 4:29 pm, Barb said:

    My prayers are for those who have suffered so much during this time of uncertainty. For those who have the courage and strength to keep going when they are pushed to their mental and physical endurance.

    May God give comfort to Michelle, and the extended family of Marizela.

14. #14
    On February 5th, 2012 at 5:01 pm, backwoods conservative said:

    My heart is with you always in this, Michelle. I’m sorry to see you living with such pain.

15. #15
    On February 5th, 2012 at 5:26 pm, CandanceM said:

    Thank you for the update. I continue to think about Marizela and your whole family. Will say another prayer tonight.

16. #16
    On February 5th, 2012 at 5:37 pm, SignPainterGuy said:

    Still hopeful, still praying, still confident. Faith, trust and patience !

17. #17
    On February 5th, 2012 at 6:16 pm, gmatt2003 said:

    All I have to offer is hope, thoughts, and prayers.

18. #18
    On February 5th, 2012 at 6:17 pm, sbw999 said:

    I’m not understanding the PD’s reluctance to share the subpoenaed information with you, so you can have your own investigators use that info. Has an attorney told you that you have absolutely no legal recourse to obtain that information from the PD? From Google?

    I pray that this long time of not knowing ends for you and your family soon.

19. #19
    On February 5th, 2012 at 6:43 pm, dave_r said:

    To follow up on #18, have you tried a FoIA request to the PD?

    Here’s hoping this all turns out all right…

20. #20
    On February 5th, 2012 at 7:43 pm, 123upnorth said:

    Fuc*ing unbelievable. They won`t share information with you even though your cousin and your auntie and uncle`s daughter is missing.

    The Police – when seconds count, they are only minutes away.

21. #21
    On February 5th, 2012 at 7:47 pm, 123upnorth said:

    If most highly skilled and acadmically successful people go into careers besides law enforcement, why do police officers often get referred to as `the best and the brightest`? Who are they comparing the officers to? The criminals they arrest?

22. #22
    On February 5th, 2012 at 8:02 pm, 123upnorth said:

    Michelle, have you looked at previous cities or locations your cousin travelled to in the past as possible destinations she might have moved to.

    Did she hang out with any male friend more so than other male acquantices.

    Did she have any hobbies or activities that she had recently picked up that you can use as a lead.

    If I have a child one day, and if the technology is present, I will try and put a beacon signal device within my child`s body so that I can always locate them whenever an emergency occurs. Losing your child or family member would have to be one of the worst things. I am really sorry for what you are going through.

    If I had the choice of having Ron Paul win the 2012 election or Michelle finding her cousin, I would choose Michelle and her cousin without hesitation.

    Michelle, you should post ALL PERSONAL information about your cousin on the web and have thousands of people uptake their own investigative efforts to find her. Just like the power of anonymous programmers who test and improve computer software around the globe, anonymous and unconnected people could give you alot of new information, if each one searched on their own. Yes, 99% of it would be misleading, but 1% of it could help you find her.

23. #23
    On February 5th, 2012 at 8:06 pm, 123upnorth said:

    See, this is what bothers me. Michelle puts up a piece about her cousin and practically no one comments. Yet, if she put up an Anthony Weiner post or Michelle Obama related piece, there would be over 100 responses.

    And it`s not the Super Bowl effect. Marizella posts don`t draw responses regardless of the date and special event taking place.

    I will never understand the members of Michelle`s community.

24. #24
    On February 5th, 2012 at 9:10 pm, CandanceM said:

    123upnorth,

    I can only speak for myself, but I am someone who kept up with Marizela for a long time before commenting. It’s hard to write something when you know your words can’t fix it. That doesn’t mean we are not thinking about it.

25. #25
    On February 5th, 2012 at 9:51 pm, peteee said:

    123 we have also asked all the questions you have asked before. we have few words left to ask, or say. all we can do is say a prayer now.

26. #26
    On February 5th, 2012 at 10:06 pm, regularguy said:

    No matter if it’s the Superbowl or the daily political grind, Marizela is in our hearts and prayers. And nothing is as important.

27. #27
    On February 5th, 2012 at 10:34 pm, reverenddon said:

    I’m not trying to be crude or insensitive, I think it was around mid November someone found a bag of possible body parts just off Eastlake. I never heard anything else on this.

28. #28
    On February 5th, 2012 at 10:40 pm, love2rumba said:

    Michelle, I hope you find Marizela alive and unharmed. Furthemore, I really hope there are legal avenues you can still do to force the clodheads at Seattle PD to give you their information since they show very damn little interest in going further with the investigation unlike the situation would be if the missing person was a Seattle PD officer.

29. #29
    On February 5th, 2012 at 11:00 pm, old goat said:

    123upnorth
    If I had some words of condolance that would help Michelle I would offer them. If I had something I could do to help her I would do it. I have no idea what to say or do that would help so I try to keep quiet and not hurt anything by putting my foot in my mouth like I usually do.

30. #30
    On February 5th, 2012 at 11:06 pm, Blackstone said:

    On February 5th, 2012 at 10:40 pm, love2rumba said:

    Furthemore, I really hope there are legal avenues you can still do to force the clodheads at Seattle PD to give you their information

    Or media avenues. I think a news report shining a big bright spotlight on the PD’s apathetic response might very well shame them into action.

31. #31
    On February 5th, 2012 at 11:21 pm, mom2jack said:

    I’m still praying for her and still sending light and hope to her family. And since I live in the PacNW, my eyes remain open looking for her.

32. #32
    On February 6th, 2012 at 12:00 am, DesertLover said:

    No words can truly express the amount of concern I feel for you and your family.

    Hope springs eternal that you will soon find out what has happened.

    Love nd prayers to you and yours Michelle.

33. #33
    On February 6th, 2012 at 12:01 am, redgypsy said:

    123upnorth:
    I have the same answer–everyone’s asked pretty much all the questions; we continue to pray and hope, but lots of words are more likely to wound than to help.

    Michelle:
    I continue to pray for you and Marizela and the rest of your family. Not much else I can say.

34. #34
    On February 6th, 2012 at 1:03 am, rocketman said:

    ***
    In the 1960′s during the Seattle World’s Fair a friend and I took a day trip to Victoria, BC on the ferry. On the way back it was dark–I think it would have been easy for someone to have gone overboard without being seen.
    ***
    Are there any video camera recordings of people using the ferries leaving from Seattle? Any records of who is on board? Long ago it was only necessary to show a driver’s license–nobody seemed to know or care who was on board. This may have changed after the 9/11/2001 attacks. Security cameras in the boarding areas or on the ferries?
    ***
    John Bibb
    ***

35. #35
    On February 6th, 2012 at 3:03 am, AlohaGuy said:

    The daunting possibility that she took her life, and the signs that cannot be ignored, still weighs heavily on our minds

    The last photos when she left Safeway, she was smiling. I refuse to believe she was on her way to take her own life.

    As for the Seattle PD, this is the police department who didn’t think Ted Bundy was a killer. Even though a guy who looked like him and drove a Volkswagen like his and used an arm in a cast to approach his victims for “help” was noted by witnesses. Of course they couldn’t have known all that – oh wait, his ex-fiance told them that he had a fake arm cast, handcuffs, wasn’t with her the day the victims disappeared… Yes, that Seattle PD.

36. #36
    On February 6th, 2012 at 3:05 am, AlohaGuy said:

    As for Google – they BELIEVE in censorship.

    I think I need an iPhone instead of an Android.

37. #37
    On February 6th, 2012 at 8:02 am, marco said:

    Sometime words simply fail. All that can be said and thought has been said and thought!! Someone once advised me to “Let go and Let God”! This may be the only solution here.

38. #38
    On February 6th, 2012 at 9:20 am, knucklehead said:

    Michelle, Still keeping you and your family in my thoughts and prayers, and hoping for the best. The only advice I can give is “pray like everything relies on God, but work like everything relies on you”. Thanks again for the update. I know these must be painful to post again and again, but it needs to be kept in the forefront of the mind of everyone.

39. #39
    On February 6th, 2012 at 11:44 am, greenfairie said:

    When Adam Walsh vanished in 1981, John Walsh was amazed law enforcement had a better system for finding stolen cars than it did for missing little boys. 30 years later, cars have Lo-Jacks and cell phones can be traced by pings, but a human being can still vanish into the ether.

    Some cases take a very long time to solve, if they are solved at all. It’s disappointing when it seems like the cops no longer care and Google won’t cooperate. (Not this is official legal advice, but it might take a lawsuit and a subpoena for discovery to get that info.) The Pacific Northwest is still a very wild place, with the sea, vast forests, and mountains. There are a lot of places to hide a human being. Or in the case of the girl kept as a slave in California for almost 20 years, they can hide in plain sight. All we can hope for are answers, closure, and justice.

40. #40
    On February 6th, 2012 at 12:14 pm, 1ConcernedMom said:

    Thanks for the update Michelle. I am continuing to pray for her safe return. I just cannot imagine what you and your family are going through. As each day passes, finding her may seem more impossible, but I believe in miracles, and I sincerely hope the good Lord provides one.

    Please dear Lord, comfort this family and help them to trust You. Help give them strength and peace. Help them to feel Your presence. Please bring Marizela home safe. In Jesus holy name, amen.

41. #41
    On February 6th, 2012 at 1:20 pm, olm said:

    I live in Portland and think about Marizela frequently. The police are no better here, but seriously the lack of empathy astounds me. Why on earth, if they have stopped looking, wouldn’t they share with the family? But then again, we have Kyron Horman still missing and that is coming up on 2 years.

42. #42
    On February 6th, 2012 at 1:21 pm, TigerLady said:

    Michelle,
    Every time I log into your blog here and see Marizela’s face, I say a prayer for you and your family and especially for Marizela. I pray for her safe return to your lives, I pray for strength to endure each day.

    There are no words to console you. We can only support you with thoughts and prayers as you deal with the situation. Our hearts go out to you and each member of your family. May God bless you and may Marizela come home soon.

43. #43
    On February 6th, 2012 at 2:07 pm, FirstSkirt said:

    I was going to say exactly what TigerLady @#42 posted. I often think of this pretty young lady and I just hope she walks in your door one day and says, “Hey, I just went out for a walk.” Keep praying and hoping…