Dan has implemented a sticky function and has asked me to start a new thread on my missing son, Paul Shuman-Moore. This should stay at the top without bumping, which I have really appreciated. I can’t tell you the boost I got seeing what Slowtwitch members were doing to keep the original thread visible.
Paul disappeared from Grinnell College on the morning of September 25, 2006, leaving behind a suicide note that was vague enough that he may not have intended it. An extensive search found nothing and interviews with everyone who contacted him hasn't given us a hint as to what he did or where he went. Up until the last moment, he was making plans with friends for the next few days. We’re currently operating on the assumption that he needed to get away and unfortunately did it in a very, shall we say, inconsiderate way.
Given the complete lack of clues, he could be anywhere. The possibilities range from the familiar – our home town Chicago, or some other large city where he could listen to free jazz and the experimental music he loves, to a remote location where he can get away from everything. We’ve done our best to check out the former. But if he did the latter, it’s a big country.
Today is Thanksgiving and tomorrow he will have been missing for two months without any decent sighting since the first day he was missing. On its face, it’s not much of a holiday for us. But my wife and I can be thankful for everything else we have in our lives, plus the countless friends and strangers that have showed us kindness, assisted in the search and helped support us through this ordeal. Most importantly, we can be thankful that we still have hope.
I’ll post updates as they occur.
Steve Moore
Our web site for Paul: http://users.rcn.com/shumanmo
Paul disappeared from Grinnell College on the morning of September 25, 2006, leaving behind a suicide note that was vague enough that he may not have intended it. An extensive search found nothing and interviews with everyone who contacted him hasn't given us a hint as to what he did or where he went. Up until the last moment, he was making plans with friends for the next few days. We’re currently operating on the assumption that he needed to get away and unfortunately did it in a very, shall we say, inconsiderate way.
Given the complete lack of clues, he could be anywhere. The possibilities range from the familiar – our home town Chicago, or some other large city where he could listen to free jazz and the experimental music he loves, to a remote location where he can get away from everything. We’ve done our best to check out the former. But if he did the latter, it’s a big country.
Today is Thanksgiving and tomorrow he will have been missing for two months without any decent sighting since the first day he was missing. On its face, it’s not much of a holiday for us. But my wife and I can be thankful for everything else we have in our lives, plus the countless friends and strangers that have showed us kindness, assisted in the search and helped support us through this ordeal. Most importantly, we can be thankful that we still have hope.
I’ll post updates as they occur.
Steve Moore
Our web site for Paul: http://users.rcn.com/shumanmo
