02-01-2012, 02:15 PM
There is a search going on right now:
Orlando Sentinel: Divers this morning are searching a body of water near South Orange Blossom Trail for clues in the missing-person case of Michelle Parker, who vanished in November.
The Orlando Police Department received a credible tip that has led them to believe evidence in the case may be located in a small lake located behind a shuttered nightclub near Orange Blossom Trail, police said.
Parker has been missing since Nov. 17, when she dropped off her twin toddlers with their father, Dale Smith II, at his home in east Orlando. Her iPhone last pinged around 8 p.m. that day near Oakridge Road and Orange Avenue. Divers found it under the Nela Bridge in Belle Isle a few weeks later.
Smith was named the primary suspect in the case, but has not been charged with any crime. He told police he went to his parents Rose Avenue home shortly after Parker dropped off the twins.
Detectives have searched his home and his parents' home since Parker disappeared.
Parker, 34, disappeared the same day a pre-taped episode of "The People's Court" aired in which Parker and Smith argued about a $5,000 engagement ring that got lost after she threw it at him during a fight. In May, Smith sued Parker in civil court, about the time the episode was taped.
Parker's family arrived at the search site a few minutes ago and was briefed by law enforcement.
"We have been waiting for clues and tips to see if we can find her," Parker's mother Yvonne Stewart said. "It's a double-edge sword. But if she is here, I hope we find her."
Recent weeks have been increasingly harder for the family, Stewart said. She has not been allowed to see her 3-year-old twin grandchildren for the past three weeks, despite having a visitation arrangement.
The children have been living with their father since their mother disappeared.
Stewart said when she last saw the children they appeared to be healthy.
She worries about what Smith may be telling the children about her family. They had been raised by their mother and her family since they were two weeks old, Stewart said.
A pic uploaded by Michelle's brother Dustin
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There is also a video at this link: http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/loca...0957.story
Orlando Sentinel: Divers this morning are searching a body of water near South Orange Blossom Trail for clues in the missing-person case of Michelle Parker, who vanished in November.
The Orlando Police Department received a credible tip that has led them to believe evidence in the case may be located in a small lake located behind a shuttered nightclub near Orange Blossom Trail, police said.
Parker has been missing since Nov. 17, when she dropped off her twin toddlers with their father, Dale Smith II, at his home in east Orlando. Her iPhone last pinged around 8 p.m. that day near Oakridge Road and Orange Avenue. Divers found it under the Nela Bridge in Belle Isle a few weeks later.
Smith was named the primary suspect in the case, but has not been charged with any crime. He told police he went to his parents Rose Avenue home shortly after Parker dropped off the twins.
Detectives have searched his home and his parents' home since Parker disappeared.
Parker, 34, disappeared the same day a pre-taped episode of "The People's Court" aired in which Parker and Smith argued about a $5,000 engagement ring that got lost after she threw it at him during a fight. In May, Smith sued Parker in civil court, about the time the episode was taped.
Parker's family arrived at the search site a few minutes ago and was briefed by law enforcement.
"We have been waiting for clues and tips to see if we can find her," Parker's mother Yvonne Stewart said. "It's a double-edge sword. But if she is here, I hope we find her."
Recent weeks have been increasingly harder for the family, Stewart said. She has not been allowed to see her 3-year-old twin grandchildren for the past three weeks, despite having a visitation arrangement.
The children have been living with their father since their mother disappeared.
Stewart said when she last saw the children they appeared to be healthy.
She worries about what Smith may be telling the children about her family. They had been raised by their mother and her family since they were two weeks old, Stewart said.
A pic uploaded by Michelle's brother Dustin
There is also a video at this link: http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/loca...0957.story
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