Bay St. Louis Mississippi

Detective John Luther hosted our rally stop at the Hancock County Sheriff's Office in Bay St. Louis.,Mississippi (10/7/13 3:30pm) in honor of Missing Floyd Price, an 80 year old gentleman who disappeared after being dropped off at his home in 2004.

Mr Louis was in good mental health at that time and all of his belongings, including both of his cars were found at his home that showed no signs of a struggle. He had written 2 checks totaling $3000 to the same person earlier that day. It is unknown whether these transactions had anything to do with his disappearance but a suspect has been identified, and although there was insufficient evidence to bring charges, it is believed that he met with foul play.

The rally stop was held inside the Sheriff's office with multiple law enforcement (including the Sheriff) and 3 or 4 members of the press there to cover it. No family members were able to attend, CUE's contact person, Floyd's granddaughter, lives across the country in Colorado. We do not need family to physically be there for either rally stops or searches. This is something that needs to be stressed more. We can and do get coverage whether they can make it or not. CUE supports all of our missing cases. Obviously families want to attend, and we do need someone to host the stop. Sometimes it is a CUE state coordinator or volunteer,  in this case, the investigators on the case stepped up.

Floyd's case hit a roadblock back in 2005 when Hurricane Katrina came through and his case file was destroyed. In 2008, a 78 year old man was held for ransom and found dead in a wooded area in Gulfport. John Neicase was on trial for his capital murder in 2010 when he took his own life. There are many similarities between this case and Mr Price's, and the investigators who spoke today stressed their belief that Floyd most lively fell victim to Mr Neicase.

It may be helpful knowing who is responsible because there can be no resolution without Floyd. His family needs to find him. Law enforcement believes he may be on the same property in Gulfport where the other older gentleman was found. It is a very large piece of property that was owned by the Neicase  family.

Elisa

The following morning when Floyd's story ran in the media Monica received a phone call from one of Mr Price's brothers who it turns out doesn't live very far away. He was very distraught to open the paper and see all that had occurred to honor his father without him being present. Maybe there is a rift in this family. CUE became involved in this case about 5 years ago and didn't know about him (although I bet law enforcement did, and they certainly could have let him know what was going on). Hopefully he can provide us with some new facts and can become a local liaison.