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Marissa: 我是Marissa，来自Wondery，这是《消失的人》第477集，讲述的是Shannon Mary的故事。
Peter: 我和Shannon从小一起长大，她的母亲和我母亲是双胞胎。我们从小关系就很好，她夏天会来马萨诸塞州住几周。所以我们更像兄弟姐妹。她有两个弟弟，一个比我们小两岁，另一个比我们小五岁。Shannon的母亲是护士，父亲是莱克斯岛监狱的狱警侦探，他们工作很忙。Shannon就像一个母亲的角色，照顾弟弟们。我一直很仰慕Shannon，她似乎拥有一切：有魅力、聪明、充满魅力。每个人都喜欢和她在一起。她很聪明，上了特拉华大学，每个人都想和她做朋友。她从小就说想成为萨福克郡的警察，因为薪水很高，福利也很好，这和她父亲的工作有点像。Shannon在2008年11月失去了工作，这对她来说是一个毁灭性的打击，她申请了破产。她也有吸毒的经历，她用酒精和毒品来解决问题。我2010年戒酒成功，我带Shannon去参加了戒酒互助会，但她后来又和坏人混在一起了。我后悔没有接Shannon打来的电话，也后悔没有早点帮助Shannon摆脱困境。2012年左右，我母亲打电话告诉我，Shannon正在向别人要钱。我错过了Shannon打来的电话，我后悔没有接听。
Laura: 我在高中认识Shannon，她很聪明，工作努力，想在学业和生活中取得好成绩，想从事执法工作。Shannon对她的弟弟们非常照顾，她非常珍惜他们，总是想着让他们开心。2024年8月，我提交了案例提交表，请求报道Shannon的故事。在那之前，我花了数年时间试图寻找Shannon，但却难以获得媒体的关注。我最后一次收到Shannon的消息是在2012年通过Facebook Messenger，之后所有的联系都中断了。我最后一次收到她的消息是在2012年Facebook上，她说她永远爱我。从那时起，我一直给她发Facebook消息，尽管我知道她没看。她再也没有看过任何人的消息了。在Shannon失踪之前，她的父母退休并搬到了北卡罗来纳州。我没有Shannon父母的联系方式，我首先通过Facebook联系，并尝试拨打我找到的一个号码，但我没有成功。但后来，我通过Peter找到了他们。我终于联系上了她的一个父母，那时才知道他们最后一次和Shannon说话是在2013年3月31日复活节。几年后，我决定报警说Shannon失踪了，但我没想到这会引发一场持续多年的斗争。我去了警局报案，但他们根本不重视我的报案，态度非常冷漠。他们认为Shannon不想被找到，而且因为我不是她的家人，所以他们不在乎。我没有放弃，继续寻找Shannon的任何线索，最终在NamUs数据库中发现了一名可能就是Shannon的简易档案。在NamUs上看到一个可能就是Shannon的简易档案后，我回到萨福克郡警察局第四分局，决心让Shannon被正式报告为失踪人口。我再次去警局报案，并提到NamUs上的简易档案，最终与凶杀组的侦探取得了联系。在一名家人的陪同下，我终于在2020年6月正式报案，距离Shannon失踪已经过去了七年。Shannon失业后开始酗酒，后来还开始吸毒。我当时没有意识到Shannon吸毒的严重性，因为我们联系不多。我最后一次见Shannon是在2011年，她的电话号码已经停机了。我后悔没有早点采取行动，对此我感到非常后悔。
Lauren: 我和大一认识Shannon，我们住在同一栋宿舍楼，专业都是刑事司法，所以一起上课，自然而然地成为了朋友。大二时，我们加入了同一个姐妹会，成为了姐妹，大学期间一直是朋友，她是我最亲密的朋友之一。Shannon很少让我去她家，这可能因为她家里的情况。大学毕业那年，我们一起庆祝了Shannon的生日，去了纽约市。Shannon毕业后想读法学院，但最终没有去，而是进入金融行业工作，在花旗集团工作，后来升职到不同的职位。Lauren觉得Shannon和前夫的关系从一开始就注定要失败。后来我得知，Shannon的前夫长期以来一直对她不忠，这让我很困惑，他们为什么结婚？Shannon离婚后，我和她一起住了一年，后来她搬回父母家。我拜访Shannon时，注意到她的一些异常行为，但她没有透露具体情况。Shannon体重波动很大，这对她来说并不正常，但我没有说什么，因为这是一个非常敏感的话题。事后看来，这可能与吸毒有关，或者甚至可能与买不起食物有关。Shannon没有透露她的财务状况，只告诉我她离婚了，工作不开心，收入减少了。事后看来，我应该意识到事情不对劲，但我当时没有意识到。Shannon失踪前，她去特拉华州看望朋友，我意识到她吸毒了，我们为此争吵过。Shannon隐瞒了很多事情，她很骄傲，不想让别人可怜她。Shannon失踪前，我和她联系不多，最后一次联系是在她去特拉华州的时候。我当时对她很生气，现在我感到非常内疚，我本可以做得更好。
Alicia: (由于无法采访到Alicia，此处无法提供她的观点总结)
supporting_evidences
Peter: 'She grew up her whole entire life all in Ronkonkoma...'
Peter: 'We were always close...'
Peter: 'Her mother was a nurse...'
Peter: 'She had everything...'
Laura: 'I met Shannon in 10th grade at soccer tryouts...'
Laura: 'One thing that always stood out to Laura about Shannon was her maternal nature toward her younger brothers...'
Laura: 'In August 2024, it was Laura who sent over our case submission form...'
Laura: 'The last I heard from her, she sent me a message on Facebook...'
Laura: 'Before Shannon disappeared, her parents had retired and moved to North Carolina...'
Laura: 'I finally got in contact with one of her parents...'
Laura: 'It was a few years later...'
Laura: 'She doesn't want to be found...'
Laura: 'She was missing for about six years at that point...'
Laura: 'So I went back to the precinct and I said, I want to report my friend that's missing...'
Laura: 'Then I was able to get in touch with him and finally report her missing when I was able to get a family member to come with me...'
Lauren: 'Shannon and I met our freshman year of college...'
Lauren: 'One consistent theme we heard from those close to Shannon was that she rarely confided in them about her personal struggles...'
Lauren: 'I'm from Stanford, Connecticut, and she was from Long Island...'
Lauren: 'It may have been because she didn't really want people visiting her house because of the dynamic of how her family was...'
Laura: 'When she first graduated, she did want to go to law school, but then that didn't happen...'
Laura: 'Shannon married her college sweetheart in 2005...'
Lauren: 'They got married and it was just like, oh yeah, Shannon and Steve are getting married and great for them...'
Lauren: 'I think that her ex was always sort of a little bit of a pushover and Shannon always had a strong personality...'
Lauren: 'After Shannon's marriage ended, she and Laura were both in transitional phases in their lives, and they decided to move in together...'
Peter: 'She was let go in November 2008, right after the whole housing crisis...'
Lauren: 'I had visited her in the city and her weight was fluctuating a lot...'
Lauren: 'the nitty gritty of the financial situation at that point...'
Laura: 'She was drinking heavily...'
Laura: 'I just thought that was supposed to be hard...'
Peter: 'I've reached out to family...'
Peter: 'growing up...'
Peter: 'I got help back in 2010...'
Peter: 'Probably somewhere in 2012, my mother called me when I was at work...'
Lauren: 'Towards the end, when things started to get shady...'
Peter: 'Charlie got kicked out of the house because she was stealing her drugs...'
Lauren: 'The last time that we were in Delaware...'
Lauren: 'So I confronted her about it and she got really upset with me...'
Peter: 'The last time she talked to her mother, apparently it should hit the fan and Shannon was screaming...'
Lauren: 'I tried to call her a bunch of times...'
Peter: 'Nobody in her family reported her missing for seven years...'
Laura: 'So she has a warrant for her arrest for a forged instrument...'
Laura: 'So I commented on there and then Alicia commented on it...'
Laura: 'She met Helen by working for Helen, taking care of Helen's mom...'
Laura: 'She was living at Helen's house in Ronkonkoma...'
Lauren: 'She started staying with those people, Helen and Artie...'
Lauren: 'It was very sketchy...'
Laura: 'I do know that the last conversation her mom had with her...'
Laura: 'She didn't even leave a sock...'
Laura: 'When Helen was still alive, I was determined...'
Laura: 'Alicia would say she just did stuff with dealers just to get drugs in exchange...'
Laura: 'Although sometimes Tommy would allow them to use the apartment if they paid extra...'
Peter: 'I think when Shannon hung up that phone...'
Lauren: 'My suspicion is that either she died of an overdose and nobody...'
Peter: 'They said that Shannon went through some abuse as a child and stuff...'
Laura: 'It's my best friend and I think about her every day...'
Peter: 'I went back on her Facebook, the stuff of 2012...'
Laura: 'I was very quick in my response back, very short rather...'
Laura: 'I just feel so terrible that it didn't matter to law enforcement that she was missed by people...'
Peter: 'She deserves to at least have a chance...'
Deep Dive
Shannon Merry vanished without a trace in 2013. Her family didn't report her missing for seven years, creating significant challenges for law enforcement. The investigation is hampered by the passage of time and the lack of initial leads.
- Shannon Merry disappeared in 2013
- Family reported her missing seven years later
- Lack of initial leads hindered the investigation
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