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WangChung
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A Natalee wannabee?
HAPPY SHE'S SAFE, FRIENDS FEEL HURT
By SCOTT BROOKS
Union Leader Staff
Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2006
The questions lingered for five months.
Where, friends wondered, did Laura Mackenzie go? How could she simply have disappeared? Might something awful have happened to her?
Some of those questions were answered Monday when investigators tracked the Goffstown teenager to an apartment on Florida's eastern coastline.
Authorities said Mackenzie, 18, had been living in the Sunshine State since March and was working as a waitress at a bar by the beach.
Today, as friends and relatives await Mackenzie's return to New Hampshire, many other questions remain. Why did Mackenzie run away? Why, apparently, didn't she tell anyone where she had gone? Didn't she know her friends and family would be worried?
For those who knew her best, the comfort that comes from knowing she is safe and the bewilderment over her choices have been hard to reconcile.
"Personally, I'm hurt," said Alise Greenfield, 18, one of Mackenzie's close friends in Goffstown. "I'm hurt that she didn't feel comfortable talking to anyone. I'm hurt that she just left without talking, without at least letting someone know she was OK, regardless of where she is."
Friends and classmates at Goffstown High School say they lost all contact with Mackenzie when she drove off March 8 in her Volkswagen Golf. Soon afterward, police investigators pulled several of her closest friends out of class for questioning.
"The police, in the beginning, really felt that somebody, one of her close friends, knew something," said one friend, Heidi Dolan, 18. "That's what they felt, because what teenage girl leaves and doesn't say anything to her best friends?"
In fact, Dolan and others said, it was only then that they learned Mackenzie had been charged with shoplifting $956 worth of clothing and jewelry from Filene's at the Mall of New Hampshire in February. Mackenzie was supposed to be arraigned in Manchester District Court on the day she disappeared.
It didn't make sense, friends said. To the best of their knowledge, Mackenzie had never been in trouble before. She was an honor student and already had received acceptance letters from several colleges.
"We couldn't believe it," Dolan said. "That's such a big thing to keep from your friends."
Police returned to talk to Mackenzie's friends several times over the course of the investigation. Dolan said she was pulled out of class twice.
Mackenzie's boyfriend at the time, junior Tom Leo, also was questioned.
"He got really upset: 'How come this is happening? I wish I knew just like everyone else,'" said Ariel Desfosses, 18, who is close with both Mackenzie and Leo. "It really hurt him."
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But wait.......there's more! 
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MISSING GIRL'S CRYPTIC NOTE IN YEARBOOK
By CAROL ROBIDOUX AND TONY BERTUCA
Union Leader Staff and Union Leader Correspondent
Friday, Jun. 9, 2006
The words of missing Goffstown High School senior Laura Mackenzie made an eerie appearance this week, days before her class prepared to honor her at graduation ceremonies.
Mackenzie’s message, submitted for the yearbook last fall, accompanies her senior picture. It is directed to the 18-year-old’s brothers, parents and a friend, followed by an excerpt from “Let Me Fall,” a song by pop singer Josh Groban.
“Thanks to my brothers, you guys are the best! To my parents, yes, I’m leaving. My Best Friend Forever, I miss you. ‘Let me fall, let me climb. There’s a moment when fear and dreams must collide. Someone I am is waiting for courage. The one I want, the one I will become will catch me.’”
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Mackenzie was last seen March 8.
Senior class president Kristopher Cere said he’d heard the buzz around school Wednesday over the cryptic yearbook entry, and had to read it for himself.
“There definitely was some foreshadowing there,” Cere said. “Of course, at the end of mine, I said, ‘I’m out,’ but I’m still here, so it’s hard to say what she meant. It could mean nothing and it could mean everything.”
He said with graduation less than a week away, students continue to worry about MacKenzie’s welfare and hope, every day, for her return.
“It was just so totally out of character for her to do this, for her to disappear. I sat next to her in geology, and right up until the day she left, everything seemed fine,” Cere said. “She didn’t let anyone know things were out of the ordinary. None of her friends have heard a word.”
He said Mackenzie had already earned enough credits to graduate, so she will be recognized on June 15 along with her class.
“Actually, they’re doing something nice — a banner is posted at the school where we can leave a message for Laura or for the family, and we’re going to give that to her parents,” Cere said. “And when they say her name during the ceremony, we’re all going to hold up yellow roses. We miss her. She’s constantly on our minds.”
As for the excerpted lyrics Mackenzie chose, they are from a song included in the 1999 movie, “Quidam,” performed by Canadian acrobatic troupe Cirque du Soliel. According to Internet resource Wikipedia, the story line is about a young girl, Zoe, who feels sad, forlorn, and alienated. She dreams up the whimsical world of Quidam in an attempt to escape her sadness.
William Mackenzie said that his daughter’s yearbook entry didn’t strike him as odd.
“I don’t see anything out of the ordinary in there,” he said. “Laura was looking forward to going to college and having a new experience.”
Goffstown police officials say they are optimistic that Mackenzie will eventually be found, but remain in the dark regarding her whereabouts.
“I don’t know what to think about this case anymore; it’s truly baffling,” said Goffstown Police Detective Kevin Laroche. “She’s been on the ‘CBS Morning News,’ ‘America’s Most Wanted’ and all the local news. All her information is flagged in every computer system imaginable. I think she will eventually come home.”
Laroche said that he and other law enforcement officers working the case believe that Mackenzie must be receiving aid of some kind.
“Someone is definitely helping her,” he said. “We don’t think she would have been able to do this on her own.”
Laroche, who has examined Mackenzie’s diaries and poetry in the course of the investigation, said that the yearbook entry appears to exhibit her usual angst.
“It definitely sounds a lot like other things of hers that I’ve read,” he said. “But it was written long before her disappearance and her arrest, so I don’t know what to make of it. We still think it was the arrest that made her run.”
Unknown to her parents, Mackenzie was arrested in Manchester for shoplifting more than $900 worth of clothes and other items from Filene’s at the Mall of New Hampshire. The Mackenzies learned from Goffstown police about the incident after their daughter vanished.
The day she disappeared, she was to appear in Manchester District Court for arraignment on the felony charge. A Hillsborough County grand jury has since indicted her on a felony shoplifting charge.
Anyone with information concerning the case should call the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Department at 1-800-562-8201 or Goffstown police at 497-4858.
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| lushus
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 Interesting ..
Thanks, Wang!
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| WangChung
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Fri Aug 11, 2006 11:46 pm |
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| lushus wrote: | Interesting ..
Thanks, Wang! |
"Honor student", "Acceptance letters from several colleges", "A message banner", "Hold up yellow roses", "Looking forward to going to college and having a new experience", "been on the ‘CBS Morning News,’ ‘America’s Most Wanted’ and all the local news", etc., etc., etc............. 
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| victims cry
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Fri Aug 11, 2006 11:53 pm |
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it is interesting, but i cant believe that the cops and friends/family did not immediately consider runaway based on
| Quote: | In fact, Dolan and others said, it was only then that they learned Mackenzie had been charged with shoplifting $956 worth of clothing and jewelry from Filene's at the Mall of New Hampshire in February. Mackenzie was supposed to be arraigned in Manchester District Court on the day she disappeared.
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as far as i know, natalee was never charged with a felony crime and about to be arraigned. Its a damn good reason for a 18 year old to run. Unlike the majority of intoxicated young ladies who disappear without a trace. Those often get found years later. Their bones, or belongings in a creeps house, becauase some pscyho grabbed them when they were alone and vulnerable. Like on a beach alone.
(uhhh sorry for pointing the very big difference out  )
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Fri Aug 11, 2006 11:55 pm |
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| victims cry wrote: | it is interesting, but i cant believe that the cops and friends/family did not immediately consider runaway based on
| Quote: | In fact, Dolan and others said, it was only then that they learned Mackenzie had been charged with shoplifting $956 worth of clothing and jewelry from Filene's at the Mall of New Hampshire in February. Mackenzie was supposed to be arraigned in Manchester District Court on the day she disappeared.
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as far as i know, natalee was never charged with a felony crime and about to be arraigned. Its a damn good reason for a 15 year old to run. Unlike the majority of intoxicated young ladies who disappear without a trace. Those often get found years later. Their bones, or belongings in a creeps house, becauase some pscyho grabbed them when they were alone and vulnerable. Like on a beach alone.
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15? i thought she was 18.
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| WangChung
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Fri Aug 11, 2006 11:56 pm |
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| victims cry wrote: | it is interesting, but i cant believe that the cops and friends/family did not immediately consider runaway based on
| Quote: | In fact, Dolan and others said, it was only then that they learned Mackenzie had been charged with shoplifting $956 worth of clothing and jewelry from Filene's at the Mall of New Hampshire in February. Mackenzie was supposed to be arraigned in Manchester District Court on the day she disappeared.
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as far as i know, natalee was never charged with a felony crime and about to be arraigned. Its a damn good reason for a 15 year old to run. Unlike the majority of intoxicated young ladies who disappear without a trace. Those often get found years later. Their bones, or belongings in a creeps house, becauase some pscyho grabbed them when they were alone and vulnerable. Like on a beach alone.
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Mackenzie is actually 18 but yes, there is a difference......and a number of similarities.
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| victims cry
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| reddog wrote: | | victims cry wrote: | it is interesting, but i cant believe that the cops and friends/family did not immediately consider runaway based on
| Quote: | In fact, Dolan and others said, it was only then that they learned Mackenzie had been charged with shoplifting $956 worth of clothing and jewelry from Filene's at the Mall of New Hampshire in February. Mackenzie was supposed to be arraigned in Manchester District Court on the day she disappeared.
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as far as i know, natalee was never charged with a felony crime and about to be arraigned. Its a damn good reason for a 15 year old to run. Unlike the majority of intoxicated young ladies who disappear without a trace. Those often get found years later. Their bones, or belongings in a creeps house, becauase some pscyho grabbed them when they were alone and vulnerable. Like on a beach alone.
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15? i thought she was 18. |
it was a typo.. i edited
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So she did this all by herself? No help?
Wow, amazing what she can accomplish when an honor student puts her mind to it. A technical adult who still exhibits very juvenile behaviors. Definitely fits this forum.
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| victims cry wrote: | | reddog wrote: | | victims cry wrote: | it is interesting, but i cant believe that the cops and friends/family did not immediately consider runaway based on
| Quote: | In fact, Dolan and others said, it was only then that they learned Mackenzie had been charged with shoplifting $956 worth of clothing and jewelry from Filene's at the Mall of New Hampshire in February. Mackenzie was supposed to be arraigned in Manchester District Court on the day she disappeared.
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as far as i know, natalee was never charged with a felony crime and about to be arraigned. Its a damn good reason for a 15 year old to run. Unlike the majority of intoxicated young ladies who disappear without a trace. Those often get found years later. Their bones, or belongings in a creeps house, becauase some pscyho grabbed them when they were alone and vulnerable. Like on a beach alone.
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15? i thought she was 18. |
it was a typo.. i edited |
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