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Suspect arrested in Mickey Shunick case

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ARRESTED: Brandon Scott Lavergne (Source: Lafayette Police Department) ARRESTED: Brandon Scott Lavergne (Source: Lafayette Police Department)
Police are executing a search warrant at Lavergne's home in Lawtell, Louisiana, in St. Landry Parish. (Source: KLFY) Police are executing a search warrant at Lavergne's home in Lawtell, Louisiana, in St. Landry Parish. (Source: KLFY)
LAWTELL, LA (KLFY/KSLA) -

An arrest has reportedly been made in the case of Mickey Shunick.

KLFY-TV and the Daily Advertiser newspaper both quoted police sources as saying Brandon Scott Lavergne, 33, has been arrested in the case. Neither media outlet reported what Lavergne is allegedly charged with.

Lavergne appears on the Louisiana State Police website as a registered sex offender.  According to the website, he was convicted in 2000 of aggravated oral sexual battery.

Thursday LPD and Saint Landry Parish Sheriff Deputies executed a search warrant of Brandon Scott Lavergne's residence in the 100 block of Elaine Lane in the Swords area. Saint Landry Parish Sheriff Bobby Guidroz confirmed the search was in connection with the Shunick case.

Lawtell is along Louisiana Highway 190 just west of Opelousas.

Shunick, of Lafayette, was last seen just before 2am on May 19, when she left a friend's house to go home.   She was riding a bicycle at the time. Friends believe she was heading to her home near the intersection of Ambassador Caffery Parkway and Congress Street in Lafayette.  Days later, police found her bicycle abandoned in a swampy area off Interstate 10 more than 20 miles east of where she was last seen.

A news conference is scheduled for Friday at the Lafayette Police Department regarding new information in the Mickey Shunick case. Police say there will be no comment on the investigation until the press conference.  The investigation remains ongoing.

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