Puyallup police believed Misty was a runaway at first was there any evidence for that?
Yes and no. The evidence gathered by Puyallup police is a mixed bag of anecdotes. Police interviewed friends and neighbors who said Misty was unhappy at home and had sometimes talked of running away. In 2008, The News Tribune tracked down the individuals Puyallup police interviewed years earlier. None went to the Puyallup Fair with Misty on the night of her disappearance. None had direct knowledge of what happened that night. One interview stands out. In fall 1993, more than a year after Misty’s disappearance, Puyallup Police Sergeant Herm Carver interviewed Shawna Mendenhall, one of Misty’s friends. Mendenhall, 16 at the time, figured Misty ran away. She said Misty was a street-smart party girl and didn’t get along with her mother. In his notes, Carver wrote that this wasn’t the “rosy picture” Misty’s mother had portrayed. Mendenhall wrote and signed a statement saying Misty sometimes got rides from a man named Dave who drove an early 70s Pontiac. The statement includes a description
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