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Scroll down for updates…King County Superior Court has closed out our records request as of today… There’s a lot that’s been going on behind the scenes over the past two months since my cousin Marizela Perez disappeared from the University District in Seattle on March 5, 2011. As I mentioned last week, we gathered in Seattle on Mother’s Day for a community fundraiser and benefit concert/auction. There will be another South Jersey fundraiser/bake sale/raffle on May 22. Details here. The Seattle Times has just posted a front-page piece by reporter Christine Clarridge on Marizela’s case and the plight of other...

Wanted; Plus: Other young missing women in the Pacific Northwest By Michelle Malkin • April 12, 2011 12:52 AM It’s been more than a month, but my family hasn’t given up hope and hasn’t stopped looking for my missing cousin, Marizela Perez. Many volunteers across the country have joined us in this search. We can’t thank them enough for their dedication, energy, generosity, expertise, and commitment to finding Marizela. America’s Most Wanted, John Walsh’s ground-breaking Fox television show, is now featuring Marizela’s story on its website here [Click Here for AMW.COM story]. Their appeal for help: “Detectives with the Seattle...

Marizela Perez: Missing one month By Michelle Malkin  •  April 4, 2011 11:37 PM On March 5, 2011, one month ago, my 18-year-old cousin Marizela (“Emem” to her family, “Mei” to her friends) vanished after walking out of a Safeway grocery store in Seattle’s University District.This is one of the many ClearChannel Outdoor billboards across the West Coast that’s featuring Marizela and our family tip line for information about her disappearance: This is the awareness-raising bracelet Marizela’s friends are selling to help the family:One month later, we have on our own searched adjacent parks, streets, and neighborhoods for any signs or clues....

Might you help in finding her? Marizela Perez was last seen in Seattle on Sat. March 5th... Click to enlarge downloadable MISSING notice: For obvious reasons it's the ongoing lead story  at Michelle Malkin.com -here- You can make a donation to the  Find Marizela search fund -here- Prayers across-the-miles to Marizela and her family at a difficult time... 

We spent the weekend on the ground in Seattle, looking for any signs of our missing 18-year-old University of Washington student Marizela Perez. Family, friends, supporters, student and church volunteers, Facebook users, blog readers, and kind strangers met us on Saturday in the parking lot at the Safeway in the University District where Marizela was last seen. Family members continued the search on Sunday. We spread out and canvassed Ravenna Park, Cowen Park, the Arboretum, the University District, Chinatown, Green Lake, Rainier Beach/Rainier Valley, and the UW Bothell campus. Nothing. Family members were on the ground again today in the...

Dear readers, Apologies for my absence. I’ll be getting back up to speed today, but it is hard to function with dread coursing through your veins. Spread across the country, the family and friends of Marizela Perez — missing in Seattle since Saturday and last seen at the University District Safeway — are going through this: You try to eat, but all you can taste is indigestible fear. You try to breathe, but all that fills your lungs is stifling uncertainty. You try to sleep, but all that comes is fathomless fatigue. Your heart is weighted with grief, but your...