SEX: F HEIGHT: 5'6" Hair: Brown Age:32
Michelle Parker is 5'6 with Dark Brown short hair. She was last seen wearing Blue Jeans and a Florida Gators Long Sleeve Zip up Hoodie on November 17th. She Drives a Black Hummer H3 (tag number AWG M26), with "GLOW Mobile AirBrush Tanning" written on the back and side windows.
UPDATE: December 28, 2011
(CBS/AP) ORLANDO, Fla. - The search for missing Florida mother Michelle Parker, who disappeared last month just after her appearance on the television show "The People's Court" was aired, has moved to another central Florida city.
UPDATE: December 8, 2011
(CBS/AP) ORLANDO, Fla. - Police say they've found the cell phone of missing Florida mother Michelle Parker who disappeared last month. READ MORE
UPDATE: December 5, 2011
SANFORD, Florida (WKMG) - The father of Michelle Parker, a mother of three missing for more than two weeks, suspects her ex-fiancé has something to do with her disappearance.
"And, this goes to Dale. You're number one. You can't run and you can't hide. And, we're coming after you," said Brad Parker, Michelle's father, referring to Dale Smith, Jr.
"I know he did it. We just gotta prove it," he added.
The Orlando Police Department last week officially named Smith, 40, as a suspect in Parker's disappearance.
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UPDATE: November 30, 2011
The state must return the two children they took away from the estranged ex-fiancé of “People’s Court” mom Michelle Parker - even though cops call him the sole suspect in her disappearance.
An Orlando judge ruled at an emergency hearing Wednesday that the state had no right to take custody of the 3-year-old twins, and ordered them returned to Dale Smith.
The Department of Children and Families took the twin tots on Tuesday, one day after cops announced they were investigating Smith.
At the Wednesday hearing, a state representative argued that the children weren’t safe with Smith because he had a history of abusing women, the Orlando Sentinel reported.
UPDATE - November 27, 2011
Michelle Parker's disappearance remains a mystery, but police may be closing in on what happened to the missing mom.
Cops raided the Orlando, Fla. home of Parker's ex-fiance's father on Saturday, the latest development in the search for the mother of three who vanished Nov. 17.
Parker, 33, was last seen dropping her 3-year-old twins at the home police raided, which is where their father Dale Smith lives.
On Thursday, a voicemail Parker left her father on the day before she vanished was released.
"I know that you're at work but call me when you have lunch or you have time or at the end of your day okay. I love you I'll talk to you soon. Bye," the message said.
On Thursday, search teams re-checked three key places in Orange County -- the Walden Palms Apartments where Parker's Hummer was found abandoned, Oak Ridge Road, the last place Parker's phone was turned on, and the Carter Glenn Apartments, where Parker was last seen dropping of her twins at their father's home.
Michelle disappeared on the same day as an episode of "The People's Court" aired featuring her and ex-fiancee, Dale Wayne Smith. Investigators said Wednesday they are not focused on Smith.
"We are not focused on Dale. We know where he is. Dale has the kids. He's being cooperative. We're focused on finding Michelle," Orlando Police Department Sgt. Jim Young said Wednesday.
The Orlando Police Department released a new photo of Parker on Wednesday that shows a necklace that may be a key piece of evidence.
Investigators said Parker's family told them she was wearing a unique cross necklace when she disappeared one week ago Thursday. It was described as a bigger cross with stones, and an extra jewel at each of the four points of the cross.
Anyone with information on Parker's whereabouts is asked to call the Orlando Police Department or CrimeLine. A reward is being offered in the case.
Michelle stopped by the Oviedo hair salon owned by her mom and sister, then drove her 3-year-old twins to their father's house in the Carter Glen Townhomes off Goldenrod Road. Parker, 33, was scheduled to bartend that night at The Barn in Sanford, but never showed up.
It's almost been a week since the Geneva mother was last seen. And as the moments tick away, it becomes more difficult for family and friends.
"Time is always the enemy," said Robert Lowery, executive director of the missing-children division at the Center for Missing and Exploited Children in Virginia. "The sooner we can find them, the better."
The Orlando Police Department's homicide unit has been tasked with finding Parker, standard procedure in missing adult cases. No suspects have been named.
"We are not ruling anything out," police spokesman Sgt. Jim Young said. "We want to find Michelle and bring her home safely."
While there aren't many definite answers in the case, police have released a handful of details about what happened Nov. 17.
- 3:15 p.m.: Video surveillance in an east Orange County neighborhood captured Parker driving to Dale Smith Jr.'s home to drop off their 3-year-old twins. Just minutes before she arrived, Parker and Smith, her ex-fiance, appeared in a previously taped episode of the "The People's Court" during which they argued about a lost $5,000 engagement ring.
She was wearing a silver-cross necklace - a detail revealed today for the first time - jeans and a Florida Gator's zip-up hoodie.
- 4:26 p.m.: Parker's brother, Dustin Erickson, received a text message from his sister's iPhone suggesting that she was in the Waterford Lakes area, also on the county's east side.
- 8 p.m.: Parker's iPhone 'pinged' in the area of Oakridge Road near Belle Isle, more than seven miles from where she was last seen. Her phone was powered down in that area and has not been recovered.
The next day, police found Parker's H3 Hummer in the parking lot of Walden Palms Apartments, 4700 Walden Circle. Decals for her Glow mobile-tanning business had been removed from the windows. From there, the trail has gone cold.
In the days since Parker vanished, her family and friends have rallied the community into action. They commandeered a parking lot at the now-shuttered Jesse Black Saloon on Oakridge Road, making it ground zero for searchers.
Thousands of fliers and hundreds of T-shirts have been printed with Parker's picture and information about her disappearance.
Yvonne Stewart has pleaded with the public to help her find her daughter, tearfully asking for the safe return of her "best friend."
Please, Keep Your Eyes Open and Call Crimeline at 1-800-423-TIPS (1-800-423-8477) with any information leading to the discovery of her whereabouts.
If you for some reason do not want to call 911 or Crimestoppers, you may contact her family members privately below:
"I know that you're at work but call me when you have lunch or you have time or at the end of your day okay. I love you I'll talk to you soon. Bye," the message said.