http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcon...ries/060605dntextxstudentfound.11c12ddae.html BRYAN, Texas – A Texas A&M University student who had been feared dead after disappearing nearly seven years ago has been found alive and working in Kentucky, according to authorities. Brandi Stahr Police spent hours after Brandi Stahr went missing in October 1998 searching for her body in wooded parts of Brazos County, at one point even questioning a serial rapist and murderer just hours before he was executed last year. But a telephone tip led investigators to Florence, Ky., where Ms. Stahr has been working for the last five years at a Sam's Club, said Texas Ranger Frank Malinak. "We thought we were dealing with a missing persons case," Ranger Malinak said. "But, in actuality, we were dealing with a person who did not want to be found and was in hiding." Ms. Stahr, 27, hid from her family after she and her mother, Ann Dickenson, got into an argument over bad grades she received during her sophomore year at A&M. "She wasn't going to school and doing what she was supposed to do," Ms. Dickenson said. "When we cut off the charge cards and stopped paying for school, she got mad and said she didn't want a damn thing from us." Ms. Dickenson said she had planned to have her daughter declared legally dead within a few months and buy a tombstone engraved with Ms. Stahr's name, she said. Ms. Dickenson and Ms. Stahr haven't reunited but have talked on the phone. Ms. Stahr has been upset by the media coverage of her reappearance and has told one sister the family should not visit. But her mother said nothing will keep her from seeing her daughter after seven years. "We're going. I'm going. Even if I have to sit out in a [Sam's Club] parking lot to see her," Ms. Dickenson said. Although Ms. Stahr committed no crime in her disappearance, investigators spent a lot of money and time looking for her, Mr. Malinak said. Texas Rangers renewed their search efforts for Ms. Stahr in 2001. "The responsible thing to do would have been to let someone know you're OK," Ranger Malinak said. "There are going to be people expending man-hours and effort trying to find a missing person."
Hard to know the whole story here. I have a friend who got into a fight with his father 15 years ago and they haven't spoken since. His father is an ass. It would seem you might want to just say, "I'm leaving and I don't want to talk to you," but who knows.
that's true i guess.... but imagine if she was in an asian family. me personally being an asian american, i remember getting called out for getting Bs. boy she would have had it rough, haha. haha. hookem
I really nailed a co-worker with this today. He is an Aggie, and a staunch conservative. When he came in this morning, I walked into his office with the front page of the Chronicle. "Damn Liberal Media" I screamed. He looked confused. I showed him the story. "Did you see this? Missing student found after 7 years. More liberal media lies!" He said "what do you mean"? I told him "Look at the story! It's Liberal Media Spin. The story says she had a falling out with her parents. That's a lie". He looked confused and said "how do you know"? I pointed to the sub-headline. "See", I said. "Missing AGGIE student. She didn't have a falling out with her parents. She made a wrong turn on University Drive, wound up in Kentucky, and couldn't find her way home! Damn liberal media!"
Read the whole story. The mother is still going to visit even though she said she doesn't want to see her. She obviously knew that her parents wouldn't leave her alone if they knew where she was and she was right.
That was the impression I got as well. I'm not sure how you could force this person into paying for any costs of any search. Seems like you have the right to simply disappear if you don't want anyone to know where you're going if you don't have any legal reason to not disappear (i.e. paying child support).
I look at as Texas has some DUMB cops.. dont you have to have atleast a social security number and a drivers license to get a job??
In another article on the subject that I read, it said the police didn't have direct access to IRS files.
I don't see what law she broke. What law should there be? She didn't ask to be hunted down - it's her free will; she can do as she pleases.
exactly....it would be one thing if she claimed to be kidnapped or something and wasted everyone's time searching for her....but all she did was disappear...people do that every day... How hard is it to put two plus two together and determine that the girl lefft because of a argument? If the family wanted to find her...a private detective should have been used, not the cops.
Yeah I've already read a quote from the lead investigator and he was saying how she didn't commit any crimes and would/could not be charged with any. He seemed pretty miffed that she [paraphrasing] "couldn't call someone and let them know she is alright."
