Missing and Murdered Children

Evelyn Miller disappeared from her home on the evening of June 30 or early morning hours of July 1st of this year. Six days later her body was discovered by kayakers on the Cedar River. The police have not yet named a suspect in her murder.

Evelyn’s mother, Noel Miller was at work on the night of her daughter’s disappearance. Casey Frederiksen, Noel Miller’s fiancé was at home watching Evelyn and her two younger male half-siblings. Casey claims that he was asleep all night and did not hear anything the night Evelyn disappeared. He claims this as fact even though two acquaintances of Miller’s and Frederiksen’s openly admit to having “stopped by” and “had a conversation with Evelyn” on July 1st at approximately 2:30 a.m.

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When I was new in Alcoholic’s Anonymous one of my first sponsors and I had a conversation one day about relationships. She mentioned that for herself she believed that she had born with a “broken chooser” of sorts when it came to making good choices in the area of romantic relationships. I had to agree that I too seemed to suffer from the same affliction. It is fortunate for my children that my “broken chooser” did not cause them to come to deadly harm.I used my “broken chooser” when I met my husband. In retrospect he was exhibiting stalking behavior soon after our first date. He would call me on the telephone soon after I arrived home from work. He would comment on the phone about how I parked the car or what I was wearing. I would ask him how he knew these things and sometimes he would tell me to look out the door and across the street. He would be in the phone booth across the street. Other times he said he was sitting at the corner donut shop awaiting my arrival. Sometimes he would come to my workplace and leave a note and a single red rose on the windshield of my car. At the time I felt flattered by these behaviors and I took them as signs of affection. The instances I am speaking occurred within the first two weeks of our meeting. He also proposed marriage two days after our first date and I accepted. We married two weeks after our first date.

The “honeymoon” was short-lived. The emotional violence began soon after our return from our wedding and the physical abuse began soon after that. I attempted to leave frequently over the five years that we were married. I eventually did leave and divorce him, but still being in possession of a “broken chooser” I remarried him and that marriage lasted for nine years. I survived the insanity of marital abuse. There are still scars from that experience.

The lyrics below to the song (you are my) Soul and Inspiration by the Righteous Brothers was one hook my husband used to keep me tied to him; he was very romantic when I wanted to leave. How could I leave him when I meant so much to him and his very existence?

Girl, I can’t let you do this
Let you walk away
Girl, how can I live through this?
When you’re all I wake up for each day?
Baby, you’re my soul and my heart’s inspiration
You’re all I’ve got to get me by
You’re my soul and my heart’s inspiration
Without you baby, what good am I?
I never had much goin’
But at least I had you
How can you walk out knowin’
I ain’t got nothin’ left if you do?
Baby, you’re my soul and my heart’s inspiration
You’re all I’ve got to get me by
You’re my soul and my heart’s inspiration
Without you baby, what good am I, oh what good am I?
SPOKEN: Baby, I can’t make it withoutcha.
And I’m, I’m tellin’ ya, honey-you’re my reason for
laughin’, for cryin’, for livin’, and for dyin’.
Baby, I can’t make it without you
Please, I’m begging you baby
If you go it will kill me
I swear it, Dear, my love can’t bear it
You’re my soul and my heart’s inspiration
You’re all I’ve got to get me by
You’re my soul and my heart’s inspiration
Without you baby, what good am I, what good am I?
Mm-mm-mm Mm-mm-mm
Mm-mm-mm

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