06-25-2015, 02:07 PM
I hope this couple is running from, or to, something on their own accord.
Based on what's been released, they seem to have just vanished.
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Missing since Monday: Michael Careccia, 44, is a pilot with United Airlines and Tina Careccia, 42, is an accountant. The two are "all around great people who are dedicated to their family," son Luke said.
Investigators said Michael is a 44-year-old White man with black hair and brown eyes, who is 5-feet 10-inches tall and weighs about 180 pounds. Tina is a 42-year-old White woman with blonde hair and brown eyes who is 5-feet 8-inches tall and weighs about 140 pounds.
The search continues for any trace of the married couple missing from their rural community since Monday.
A volunteer search group of friends, family and community members have been scaling stretches of desert on foot, by vehicle, and now by air with the use of drones.
"We're not going to stop," said Luke Careccia, Michael's 17-year-old son. Pinal County sheriff's deputies have been combing the area as well, utilizing ATVs and a helicopter.
Luke said he made the call to 911 at about 7:15 p.m. Monday night to report his dad and stepmother as missing. The couple left the house at about 5 a.m. in their 2008 Honda Accord and didn't show up for any of their appointments.
About three hours later, sheriff's deputies found the Honda near Ralson and Papago roads, not far from the Careccias' home, but detectives said there was no sign of where the couple went from there.
The couple hardly ever went out into the desert, family friend Rita Hernandez said, and it seemed odd that their car was found covered in dirt.
"They wouldn't just vanish and leave," Hernandez said, adding that Michael Careccia always kept his car clean.
Alexis Kroll, a bartender at the restaurant, said Michael and Tina Careccia were regulars. The two were high-school sweethearts who recently reunited and have been married for the past year, she said.
Volunteers have been combing a 20-mile area between Interstate 8 and State Route 238.
When asked where he planned to search next, Luke said, "Everywhere. We're combing every inch of land." He last saw his dad and stepmother on Sunday night, when they said goodnight to him and his cousin.
Family and friends don't believe foul play to be a probability. Luke said, "I don't see what the motive would be."
Investigators asked anyone with information to contact sheriff's detectives at 520-866-5111.
http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/loca.../29233519/
Based on what's been released, they seem to have just vanished.
Missing since Monday: Michael Careccia, 44, is a pilot with United Airlines and Tina Careccia, 42, is an accountant. The two are "all around great people who are dedicated to their family," son Luke said.
Investigators said Michael is a 44-year-old White man with black hair and brown eyes, who is 5-feet 10-inches tall and weighs about 180 pounds. Tina is a 42-year-old White woman with blonde hair and brown eyes who is 5-feet 8-inches tall and weighs about 140 pounds.
The search continues for any trace of the married couple missing from their rural community since Monday.
A volunteer search group of friends, family and community members have been scaling stretches of desert on foot, by vehicle, and now by air with the use of drones.
"We're not going to stop," said Luke Careccia, Michael's 17-year-old son. Pinal County sheriff's deputies have been combing the area as well, utilizing ATVs and a helicopter.
Luke said he made the call to 911 at about 7:15 p.m. Monday night to report his dad and stepmother as missing. The couple left the house at about 5 a.m. in their 2008 Honda Accord and didn't show up for any of their appointments.
About three hours later, sheriff's deputies found the Honda near Ralson and Papago roads, not far from the Careccias' home, but detectives said there was no sign of where the couple went from there.
The couple hardly ever went out into the desert, family friend Rita Hernandez said, and it seemed odd that their car was found covered in dirt.
"They wouldn't just vanish and leave," Hernandez said, adding that Michael Careccia always kept his car clean.
Alexis Kroll, a bartender at the restaurant, said Michael and Tina Careccia were regulars. The two were high-school sweethearts who recently reunited and have been married for the past year, she said.
Volunteers have been combing a 20-mile area between Interstate 8 and State Route 238.
When asked where he planned to search next, Luke said, "Everywhere. We're combing every inch of land." He last saw his dad and stepmother on Sunday night, when they said goodnight to him and his cousin.
Family and friends don't believe foul play to be a probability. Luke said, "I don't see what the motive would be."
Investigators asked anyone with information to contact sheriff's detectives at 520-866-5111.
http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/loca.../29233519/