October 28, 2008

As you may know our daughter Michelle’ McMullen has been missing for 30 days as of today. We have no clues or leads to her whereabouts and are standing on God’s word and your prayers to help bring our daughter home safe and sound. We are more then willing to share with you what we know about the situation. Please read the following attached information if you are interested in what is going on.

Michelle’ McMullen has been a full time student residing off campus at Grambling State University since August 11, 2008. She decided to make the life changing decision to pack up her life and move her and her 6 year old son Jayden from her lifelong home of Harrisburg, Pa to a small town next to the University, which is Ruston, La. Michelle’ met with many challenges once she was settled in at school and moved into her new apartment. After some difficulty finding a job and babysitting services for Jayden, Michelle soon realized it would be better for Jayden to come back to Harrisburg while she faced her new challenges head on. Being a single mother for the past 6 years she has held a very strong bond with Jayden but decided that babysitters and afterschool programs weren’t good replacements for the love and care of family members.

For several days Michelle talked with her friend MaDonna about what to do or methods of getting Jayden back to Harrisburg.

On Friday September 26, 2008 Michelle’s employer unexpectedly gave her the weekend off which gave way for her to drive from Ruston to Harrisburg. We feel Michelle felt more comfortable bringing Jayden back home herself. On Saturday morning Michelle and Jayden attended a school fair with friends. Her friends report that Michelle was in good spirits and her and Jayden seemed to be having a wonderful time.

We feel that Michelle had to have left Louisiana sometime on Saturday afternoon September 27, 2008 in order to make the tiresome 17 ½ hour journey to return Jayden back to Harrisburg and then be able to make it back to Louisiana for her scheduled classes and work on Tuesday.

Michelle arrived in Harrisburg late Sunday evening around 8:30 pm and dropped Jayden and his things off with her friend MaDonna. We find out later from her girlfriend that Michelle didn’t want us to know she was driving home because we surely wouldn’t have wanted her to travel under these conditions. Once in Harrisburg she spoke with only one other person via phone. She got back onto the highway to make the journey back to her school, after dropping Jayden. She called MaDonna to check on Jayden and say goodnight at about 9:30pm at this point she was already on the highway, Michelle’ and her girlfriend chatted for a few minutes and she stated she would call her back.

Michelle’ traveled interstate 81 south; at the point of her last phone call she had been awake for almost 40 hours with little or no rest. The call made at 9:30 was the last phone call Michelle made which has been confirmed by her cell phone records and the last time we know of that anyone has had any contact with Michelle of any kind.

On October 8, the security team at the Mack Truck Plant on Volvo Road at exit 9 Maugen Ave exit just inside the Maryland state line reported to the county Sherriff’s office a possible abandoned vehicle that had been parked across from their security check point at the plants entrance for 10 days prior. The investigating deputy found this to be a 2002 black Honda Accord belonging to Michelle McMullen. This deputy found the car unlocked with the driver’s seat laid back slightly with her pillow on the side of the seat and her cell phone, purse and several other personal items still in the vehicle. The Washington County’s sheriff’s department then called out a team of investigators along with police scent and cadaver dogs. Michelle’s scent was picked up from her pillow and it led the dogs approximately 50 feet down the road from her parked car, at that point the trail ends. A canvas of the area proved no other signs or clues to Michelle’s disappearance. The area that this exit is in is very industrial and commercial with little means of alternate public transportation. The Washington County law enforcement reports that questions have been asked of the 24 hour security personnel who occupy the check point station and they confirm, they did not notice the car directly across from their station in a well lighted area until the next morning and further more failed to report the car as abandoned for some 10 days afterwards because they thought it may have been left their because it had broken down and someone would be coming to retrieve it. The police report and the canvassing of the area find no one who had noticed anything or anyone unusual on that Sunday night or early Monday morning. We have along with private investigators gone through Michelle’s phone records for the last 3 months, checked with her MySpace friends, Facebook friends and her email accounts and nothing has proved a lead or a theory in this horrific event. The Harrisburg police are conducting an on going missing persons investigation, and yes there are additional investigations that run parallel to Harrisburg’s efforts and there are many groups, organizations and grass roots organizations across the country who have reached out and are continuing an extensive effort to find our beloved Michelle’.

We thank you for the prayers and support and the continued words of encouragement. We ask that you lift this situation up every time you bow your heads to pray. Ask questions, pass is along to your contacts. We thank you for your support. We are available anytime please contact us at: (717) 943- 0098/ (717) 443-6441/ (717) 238-1000 Email: Helpfindmichelle@yahoo.com If we speak through our hearts to God’s ears we can do anything. Please help us to find Michelle’.