OBIT: Ezra Milan - One year ago, today 10 Mar 2010

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please
From: gnu
Date: 17 Mar 09 - 07:06 PM

Yes, SINS... yes, Sorcha.

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please
From: LilyFestre
Date: 17 Mar 09 - 07:08 PM

Love and good thoughts for you all.

Michelle

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please
From: SINSULL
Date: 17 Mar 09 - 07:43 PM

Yes Sorcha. And I thank you.

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please
From: SINSULL
Date: 17 Mar 09 - 07:47 PM

The local news has picked up the story. I suspect Kendall's political nudge helped. He was seen on Commercial and in Bill's Pizza (around the corner from the Old Port Tavern where he first met his friends). Hopefully, someone will remember seeing him after he left Bill's.

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please
From: kendall
Date: 17 Mar 09 - 08:03 PM

I can't tell all I know, but I believe he will turn up. Dead.And, I no longer believe it is racially motivated.

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please
From: gnu
Date: 17 Mar 09 - 08:06 PM

Oh my.

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please
From: Hawker
Date: 17 Mar 09 - 08:26 PM

Love, Hope and prayers Keeping you all in my thoughts!
Hugs.....loads of them, Lucy x

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please
From: Bobert
Date: 17 Mar 09 - 08:58 PM

What can I add other than I am so sorry to read of this terrible situation...

Warm thoughts and prayers just seem to come up short...

I am so sorry that you are going thru this... I am sorry that this young man has gone thru whatever he has gone thru... I am sorry for his family, too...

Bobert

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please
From: Sorcha
Date: 17 Mar 09 - 09:07 PM

I still haven't seen a link to a photo of this Ezra...the US IS a very MOBILE place...in case he just wanted a dissapear

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please
From: katlaughing
Date: 17 Mar 09 - 09:30 PM

Photo and article

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please
From: catspaw49
Date: 17 Mar 09 - 10:29 PM

First I have seen this thread and as I read through it I kept hoping I'd find the situation resolved.......***sigh***...........Y'all got my very best thoughts on this one, a truly tragic situation.........Hoping in Ohio for a positive outcome........

Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please
From: Barry Finn
Date: 18 Mar 09 - 12:21 AM

My hopes & wishes are with all of you that this turns out for the better.

Barry

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please
From: Maryrrf
Date: 18 Mar 09 - 12:28 AM

Add my hopes that all will turn out for the best.

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please
From: Neil D
Date: 18 Mar 09 - 12:47 AM

How very terrible. Good thoughts for a good outcome from ohio.
                           
                                     Neil and Christina

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please
From: Keith A of Hertford
Date: 18 Mar 09 - 05:17 AM

Kendall, Mary and I are so sorry that this is happening to your family.
You are constantly in our thoughts.
keith and Mary.

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 18 Mar 09 - 05:24 AM

Horrid news... I hope it isn't as bad as it sounds...

Take care all.

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please
From: maeve
Date: 18 Mar 09 - 06:44 AM

The purpose of this thread is to offer positive support to Ezra's family and friends - as requested in the original post.

Here is a follow-up article with more information.
http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story.php?id=245514&ac=PHnws


maeve

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please
From: Becca72
Date: 18 Mar 09 - 07:37 AM

I second my father's thoughts on this. It no longer looks like a crime, but more like a 22 year old out doing some stupid stupid stuff. The general feeling is that he is in Casco Bay, unfortunately. I hope and pray we're all wrong but it is a very bleak outlook indeed.
None of us who know him believe he willingly took off.

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please
From: Mrrzy
Date: 18 Mar 09 - 07:37 AM

Still thinking of you. Hoping strongly.

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please
From: SINSULL
Date: 18 Mar 09 - 08:12 AM

I don't know Meghan or Ezra well but I have seen them often enough to know that neither would take off without warning the other. They are very young and have worked very hard to build a life for themselves. It hasn't always been easy but they have stuck it out together with a maturity far beyond their years.
It seems so unfair that one night of drinking should cost them everything.
For now, the single most important thing is finding him.

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please
From: maeve
Date: 18 Mar 09 - 10:45 AM

Yes, Mary. This weighs heavy on my mind. May the finding, whatever its nature, eventually lead to peace.

maeve

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please
From: AllisonA(Animaterra)
Date: 18 Mar 09 - 06:38 PM

Sending love and support your way, Kendall and family! What a dreadful thing to go thru. Light and love shine on Ezra, wherever he is.

Allison

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please
From: Janie
Date: 18 Mar 09 - 07:08 PM

Still sending love and light to all of you, Ezra, and all who love him - and hoping for a miracle.

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please
From: maeve
Date: 18 Mar 09 - 07:19 PM

Thinking of you all tonight.

maeve

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please
From: Andy Jackson
Date: 18 Mar 09 - 09:51 PM

In my thoughts also tonight,
Praying for good news.

Andy

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please
From: katlaughing
Date: 18 Mar 09 - 10:04 PM

Same here. May there be peace and knowing whatever the outcome.

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please
From: Gweltas
Date: 18 Mar 09 - 11:08 PM

Sending my good vibes and fervent prayers, from Cornwall, UK.

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please
From: maeve
Date: 19 Mar 09 - 08:08 AM

Another day is here, full of thoughts of Ezra, his family and friends.

maeve

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please
From: Becca72
Date: 19 Mar 09 - 08:12 AM

Thank you all for including us in your thoughts. There have been many many updates over the last couple of days and the plot continues to thicken. I won't give details because nothing is certain at this point but it is still considered suspicious. The police are going back over the land they've already covered today and tomorrow and Saturday they're bringing in the helicopter with sonar to check the water.

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please
From: maeve
Date: 19 Mar 09 - 08:15 AM

Becca- Thank you so much for taking time to check in here.

maeve

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please
From: Becca72
Date: 19 Mar 09 - 09:05 AM

The police lost vital investigation time on this one. He was declared missing Friday and the case sat on someone's desk until Monday. The police also let him go after kicking him out of the marina, even though he was visibly intoxicated (in public).

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please
From: SINSULL
Date: 19 Mar 09 - 09:07 AM

I asked that when it was first reported that the police "caught" him in a boat at Dimillo's.
Now I am offering useless speculation...sorry.

My thoughts continue to stay with Meghan and all of her family. Becca, are we continuing to put up posters?
Mary

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please
From: maeve
Date: 19 Mar 09 - 09:14 AM

Hard to avoid it sometimes.

Love to you all,

maeve

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please
From: SINSULL
Date: 19 Mar 09 - 09:22 AM

The police said that they would not provide divers for a search because of lack of funds. I wonder if they would react differently if it were Susan Collins' son who was missing? Surely, if there were foul play, the sooner they find the body, the more evidence they are likely to recover from it? This whole business is beginning to stink.


PORTLAND (NEWS CENTER) -- The Portland police department needs the public's help in searching for a man who has been missing for a week.

22-year old Ezra Milan was last seen out with his friends in the old port last Tuesday night.

Police say he and his buddies were drinking for a friend's birthday.

Just minutes before he went missing - police caught him at DiMillo's marina trespassing on someone else's boat. No charges were filed and he and his friends moved across the street to Bill's Pizza.

From there, neither the police nor Milan's friends seem to know what happened.

Police have been actively searching for Milan since Friday, when he was officially declared missing.

They say it is possible Milan fell into the water, though they haven't spotted him, and diving is one of their last options; for one, because that area is deep and murky, and another because they at this point they don't have the resources to dedicate to that.

At this point though, they remain hopeful Milan is still alive, just lost.

Family members say Milan hasn't missed a day of work at Dick's Sporting Goods in over three years... police are calling his disappearance suspicious.

Ezra Milan is described as a 6 foot 3, 180-pound black male. He has short black hair and brown eyes. Milan was last seen wearing a black Carhartt coat, blue jeans, and a white t-shirt.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Portland police

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please
From: wysiwyg
Date: 19 Mar 09 - 09:49 AM

Holding the thought, here.

~S~

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please
From: maeve
Date: 19 Mar 09 - 09:50 AM

Sent you a PM, Sinsull.

maeve

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please
From: SINSULL
Date: 19 Mar 09 - 09:56 AM

I apologize for my rant. I was the one who asked that we stay to the job at hand - supporting the family.

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please
From: gnu
Date: 19 Mar 09 - 10:05 AM

It's undestandable, SINS.

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please
From: maeve
Date: 19 Mar 09 - 10:05 AM

Sinsull- Often the friends who offer the most support need comforting too. It is a powerless feeling when there seems to be no way to help. You've done a lot. We understand.

Love,

maeve

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please
From: SINSULL
Date: 19 Mar 09 - 10:29 AM

Actually, I have done nothing. And common sense says that the police are not telling all they know to the newspapers. Patience is not a strong point of mine in situations like this.
Local radio is continuing to release reports. Something will break.

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please
From: ClaireBear
Date: 19 Mar 09 - 10:50 AM

Sending love and support.

My 8-year-old son led a beautiful family prayer for Ezra (the Power listens to children.). How I wish we could do more.

C

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please
From: Becca72
Date: 19 Mar 09 - 10:53 AM

The police have been very helpful and supportive. Meghan met with them for almost 2 hours yesterday.I'm not bashing them, I just have some concerns. I'm also concerned about the bars who continued to serve him.

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please
From: wysiwyg
Date: 19 Mar 09 - 12:52 PM

That's OK Becca, say whatever you need to say here and ignore any responses that are not helpful.

~S~

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please
From: gnu
Date: 19 Mar 09 - 02:24 PM

I agree... and I think it goes for everyone. Pretty rough stuff.

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please
From: ranger1
Date: 19 Mar 09 - 05:43 PM

Still sending out good vibes.

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please
From: KT
Date: 20 Mar 09 - 02:35 AM

I've just now seen this......adding my prayers to those of everyone else.....for your whole family Becca.

KT

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please
From: wysiwyg
Date: 20 Mar 09 - 03:36 PM

Still thinking of you all.

~S~

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please
From: Hawker
Date: 20 Mar 09 - 04:17 PM

still thinking of you all here too :0)
Love and hugs, Lucy x

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please
From: SINSULL
Date: 20 Mar 09 - 04:31 PM

Each time I see this at the top, I hope for news. Very frustrating.

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 20 Mar 09 - 04:45 PM

I am still following and hoping too.