Post by Scumhunter on May 2, 2015 23:47:10 GMT -5
(Above photo credit: National Center for Missing & Exploited Children's missingkids.org website)
Missing Child Profile as of May 3rd, 2015 (based on missingkids.com poster):
Missing Since: May 1, 2011
Missing From: Millersville, TN
DOB: January 14, 2011
Age Now: 4
Sex: Female
Race: Biracial (Black and White)
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Brown
Height: 2'0"
Weight: 12 lbs
Other Physical Characteristics: Birthmark on right leg
TIPS: Anyone having information should call 1-800-THE-LOST or the Millersville Police Department (Tennessee) at 1-615-859-2758
Zaylee Fryar is a missing infant case that was a web-exclusive on AMW's website. Below is the Charley Project description of the case:
Zaylee disappeared with her mother, Shauna Marie Fryar, from Millersville, Tennessee on May 1, 2011. A photo of Shauna is posted below this case summary. Shauna's husband, Michael Fryar, left their home on C Smith Street at 9:00 p.m. to go to the store. When he returned, Shauna and Zaylee were both gone, although Shauna's Honda Accord, wallet and cellular phone were left behind and so was Zaylee's diaper bag. Shauna had dropped out of sight for days at at time on at least four prior occasions and had always come home safely, so Michael didn't report her and Zaylee missing until May 5. Shauna had a history of drug abuse and authorities believe she may have gone out to look for drugs on the day of her disappearance.
On May 6, Shauna's body was pulled out of the Cumberland River near the Jefferson Street bridge in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. It wasn't identified until May 10, and there was no sign of Zaylee. She was 28 years old at the time of her death. Authorities believe Shauna was murdered in Millersville before her body was dumped in the river, but they haven't disclosed the cause of death. They stated they have two suspects in the homicide, neither of whom have been publicly named.
Shauna and Michael married in 1999 and separated in 2005. They both dated other people and only two of Shauna's eight children were Michael's, but they remained legally married and were still friends. Michael regularly let Shauna stay with him when she needed to. Shauna and Zaylee were living in Nashville and were homeless before they moved in with him again on April 29, just a few days before they went missing.
Shauna's loved ones said she was happy at the time of her disappearance and appeared to be a responsible and loving mother to Zaylee in spite of her drug abuse history. Although he's not Zaylee's biological father, Michael stated he loved the baby and took care of her as if she was his own child, he had been at the hospital when she was born, and he hoped to get legal custody of her. Both of Shauna's parents are dead. One of Shauna's children died before she went missing, and all the others besides Zaylee lived with various relatives, including Michael's parents.
Zaylee's father, Thurman McMurry, was in jail for assault at the time of the baby's disappearance and Shauna's death, and isn't considered a suspect in the case. He and Shauna had dated for about a year and he was looking forward to seeing her and Zaylee again after his release from custody in mid-May.
The circumstances of Zaylee's disappearance are unclear, but she is considered to be in danger. Her case remains unsolved.
Thoughts? It unfortunately doesn't sound good for Zaylee that Shauna was found murdered. Although I do find it interesting they have persons of interest in her homicide but haven't named them. We just have to hope whoever killed Shauna simply gave Zaylee away so there is still a chance so she can be located.
web.archive.org/web/20130228154456/http://www.amw.com/missing_children/case.cfm?id=78177
www.missingkids.com/poster/NCMC/1171321/1
www.charleyproject.org/cases/f/fryar_zaylee.html
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