Marina Bischoff has been missing for nearly two months, and her friends and family believe key pieces of information will solve the case.
A SOCIAL WORKER IN THEMETRO HAS BEEN MISSINGFOR NEARLY TWO MONTHS--AND HER LOVED ONESWANT POLICE TO DO MOREIN HOPES OF FINDING HER.AND AS 41 ACTION NEWSREPORTER SARAH PLAKEFOUND OUT -- THEPANDEMIC HASCOMPLICATED SOME OFTHEIR EFFORTS.Nothing about this casemakes any sense to Marina'sfamily and friends.
Whathappened after she left thispolice station?
They thinkthere are key pieces ofinformation that will solve thiscase.Nearly two months havepassed since 39 year oldMarina Bischoff disappearedafter she left the Shoal Creekpolice patrol division themorning of May 28.Family and friends still havelot of unanswered questions.Nobody's been able to giveme an answer that makessense.
Why didnt' we start thesearch earlier?
Why didn't wetake the missing personsreport earlier?Bischoff's brother Victor -- whois in Texas -- says police toldhim to wait a week beforefiling a missing persons report.Marina was arrested for DUIon May 27th after she hit apole with her car at NE 86thTerrace and NorthMersington..
Not far from herapartment.She made a few phone callsat the police station.
Policesay, she left the next morningaround 7 without herbelongings.I think the key informationwe're missing is the threephone calls she made in themorning on Thursday.
5:06They said their internal ITteam had reviewed the phonecalls but they were not able toidentify those numbers.Victor says he's pushingdetectives to check with thedepartment's IP systemprovider to find out who shecalled.Just different struggles tryingto get the search for Marinastarted and having adequateresources provided.Hope Flynn and AllisonJuneau worked with Bischoffat Children's Mercy in urgentcare.
Bischoff was a socialworker and she loved helpingfamilies.Everything from that night totoday has beenuncharacteristic and confusingfor all of us.Bischoff's friends sayCOVID-19 has also gotten inthe way of organizing moresearches and vigils.They were all on high alert onJuly 5, when a boy found adecomposing body in ShoalCreek, a half a mile away fromthe police station whereBischoff was last seen.
Policeare waiting on DNA labresults, which could takemonths.We put all the key locationson a map..
Which all in closeproximity to each other.
Victorsays every scenario should beinvestigated.Had we done this back in thebeginning i think we wouldhave maybe found - if it is herbody - maybe we would havefound it in differentcircumstances.Sarah Plake 41 action news.
It’s been nearly two months since Marina Bischoff vanished after she left a Kansas City Police Department’s station in May.