SoUncool
January 2nd, 2009, 01:46 AM
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Mikelle Biggs (with age progression)
Mesa police Detective Jerry Gissel was sitting in church when his beeper went off.
It was the first Sunday in January, two days after New Year's Day 1999, and he had planned to spend the rest of the day watching football at a family gathering.
He hurried outside to call back his partner, Detective Butch Gates.
An 11-year-old girl had been missing all night.
The night before Gissel got the call in church, Darien Biggs received a frantic page from his wife, Tracy. It was 6 p.m., and their daughter Mikelle was missing.
Mikelle had heard the ice-cream truck coming and ran to meet it. Her sister Kimber went inside to get a jacket. Tracy sent Kimber back to tell Mikelle to come inside. When Kimber went back outside, her sister was gone. Kimber's purple-and-pink bicycle was still sitting by the curb. They found two quarters close by.
For Darien, a decadelong nightmare had begun. That nightmare was compounded by the fact that he would not be treated as the grieving father of a missing child but as a suspect.
His most intimate failings as a husband would be splashed across the pages of the newspaper.
And his life would become forever intertwined with Gissel's.
More here: http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/2009/01/02/20090102biggs0102.html
and here: http://www.findmissingkids.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=335
Investigators have released sketches of two possible suspects in Mikelle's disappearance. Both images are posted below this case summary. The sketches are not being widely publicized since authorities are not certain if the men are connected to her case.
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Suspects' Sketches
Mikelle's father believes he knows who was reponsible for his daughter's apparent abduction. The man, who has not been identified, is currently incarcerated in an Arizona prison and denies any involvement in the case. On the fifth anniversary of Mikelle's disappearance, her family held a funeral for her with an empty casket. Her family now lives in Gilbert, Arizona. They believe Mikelle was murdered shortly after her disappearance. No charges have been filed against anyone in her disappearance.
Mikelle is described an intelligent, artistic, sociable person and an honor student. She played the clarinet and was a member of her school's student council at the time of her disappearance. She wanted to become an animator when she grew up. Her favorite color is purple and she has two younger sisters and a younger brother. There are few leads in Mikelle's disappearance and her case remains unsolved.
http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/133466 (Story where I jacked the pics below.)
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Darien and Tracy Biggs
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Mikelle Biggs
Mikelle Biggs (with age progression)
Mesa police Detective Jerry Gissel was sitting in church when his beeper went off.
It was the first Sunday in January, two days after New Year's Day 1999, and he had planned to spend the rest of the day watching football at a family gathering.
He hurried outside to call back his partner, Detective Butch Gates.
An 11-year-old girl had been missing all night.
The night before Gissel got the call in church, Darien Biggs received a frantic page from his wife, Tracy. It was 6 p.m., and their daughter Mikelle was missing.
Mikelle had heard the ice-cream truck coming and ran to meet it. Her sister Kimber went inside to get a jacket. Tracy sent Kimber back to tell Mikelle to come inside. When Kimber went back outside, her sister was gone. Kimber's purple-and-pink bicycle was still sitting by the curb. They found two quarters close by.
For Darien, a decadelong nightmare had begun. That nightmare was compounded by the fact that he would not be treated as the grieving father of a missing child but as a suspect.
His most intimate failings as a husband would be splashed across the pages of the newspaper.
And his life would become forever intertwined with Gissel's.
More here: http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/2009/01/02/20090102biggs0102.html
and here: http://www.findmissingkids.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=335
Investigators have released sketches of two possible suspects in Mikelle's disappearance. Both images are posted below this case summary. The sketches are not being widely publicized since authorities are not certain if the men are connected to her case.
http://i43.tinypic.com/mjn4g4.gif
Suspects' Sketches
Mikelle's father believes he knows who was reponsible for his daughter's apparent abduction. The man, who has not been identified, is currently incarcerated in an Arizona prison and denies any involvement in the case. On the fifth anniversary of Mikelle's disappearance, her family held a funeral for her with an empty casket. Her family now lives in Gilbert, Arizona. They believe Mikelle was murdered shortly after her disappearance. No charges have been filed against anyone in her disappearance.
Mikelle is described an intelligent, artistic, sociable person and an honor student. She played the clarinet and was a member of her school's student council at the time of her disappearance. She wanted to become an animator when she grew up. Her favorite color is purple and she has two younger sisters and a younger brother. There are few leads in Mikelle's disappearance and her case remains unsolved.
http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/133466 (Story where I jacked the pics below.)
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Darien and Tracy Biggs
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Mikelle Biggs