A guilty plea has been made, the story is out and things are coming to a close. What is left now is for the family of Mickey Shunick and the family of Lisa Pate to be able to make some peace with what has happened.
I can't begin to know what this feels like...
With Mickey Shunick's death confirmed by Lafayette Police Thursday night after the results on her remains were positively identified as her by the LSU Faces Lab, the question is, "How did she die?"
Lafayette Parish Coroner Keith Talamo says it could be weeks before they know...
Legal analysts are saying trying the two cases together could be more economical. Even so, Harson says it could take two to three years to bring Lavergne to trial.
Charlie Shunick, Mickey's sister, says she would do anything to find out what happened to her. She says even if it means Brandon Scott Lavergne, the man indicted for Mickey's murder, would strike a deal with prosecutors to lessen his sentence if he told authorities what he allegedly did with her body...