Post by LadyBlue on Jul 18, 2005 19:01:11 GMT -5
Michael White has a message for the world: he had nothing to do with his pregnant wife's disappearance.
"If they're thinking it was the husband, forget the husband. Let's find my wife," White, 28, told the Sun yesterday. "I can't focus on that. I have to keep looking for her."
White says he's never felt more alone as he waits for news of his 29-year-old wife, Liana, who vanished from her Castledowns-area home on July 12.
In the grief-filled days since she went missing, White has heard strangers comparing him to Scott Peterson, convicted of killing his wife, Laci, and their unborn child, but says he's no Scott Peterson.
Police have said that White is not a suspect and that they have no evidence a crime has been committed, but they launched an intense search of the couple's single-storey home Saturday. They have not said what, or if, anything was found.
White was asked to leave his home for the duration of the search, opting to spend the night at his in-laws. The following day, the heavy-duty mechanic was still waiting to get back inside.
"They can't make a mistake. They have to cover their tails and every angle possible. Am I upset about it? Sure, but I have to support them," he said. "So we'll sit back and be relocated as much as possible so they can do their job. They can eliminate that and go a different route.
"I have no hate for the police for kicking me out. It's got to be done. My whole family will co-operate with them 110% and give them more," he added.
It's occurred to him police might somehow link him to the disappearance, but White says he and and those who have surrounded him with love know the truth.
"I know my family knows," he said.
Liana, a clerk in the neo-natal intensive care unit at the Royal Alexandra Hospital, has not been heard from since Tuesday. Early that morning, her Ford Explorer was discovered parked near a sports field at 157 Avenue and 116 Street, 12 blocks from her home. White spoke of Liana as his soulmate - a woman who always puts others first.
"She'd go out of her way to help out. She was always wanting to co-ordinate parties for her friends," he said. "She'd go out shopping and there would be a treat I hadn't even asked for."
The two met at Esmeralda's Night Club in 1998, not long after she moved to the city from Kelowna and while he was still in the military. They married in 2000 and, a year later, a daughter, Ashley, was born.
White says he was thrilled to discover Liana was pregnant again, something they'd planned.
"Unbelievable. Great. I thought, perfect," he said, remembering the day not long ago he learned of the pregnancy. "If it was a boy or girl, it didn't matter to me. Two daughters, great."
The family often spoke of the trip they'd take to Disneyland, and of returning - perhaps permanently - to the tiny farming community of Mar, Ont., where he was raised.
As he waits for news, the missing woman's husband spends his days helping search fields and parks for signs of his wife.
He has organized those private searches, which are independent of the official police searches, but he says he's been overwhelmed and unsure where to go to next.
White says he forces himself to stay composed for the sake of Ashley, who is only beginning to understand something is wrong. But he fears the worst.
"My worst fear is that they took advantage of her and maybe still are," he said. "There's (only) so much a body can take and the mind as well."
"These are the nightmares I have every night - if I do sleep."
www.edmontonsun.com/News/Edmonton/2005/07/18/1136674-sun.html
"If they're thinking it was the husband, forget the husband. Let's find my wife," White, 28, told the Sun yesterday. "I can't focus on that. I have to keep looking for her."
White says he's never felt more alone as he waits for news of his 29-year-old wife, Liana, who vanished from her Castledowns-area home on July 12.
In the grief-filled days since she went missing, White has heard strangers comparing him to Scott Peterson, convicted of killing his wife, Laci, and their unborn child, but says he's no Scott Peterson.
Police have said that White is not a suspect and that they have no evidence a crime has been committed, but they launched an intense search of the couple's single-storey home Saturday. They have not said what, or if, anything was found.
White was asked to leave his home for the duration of the search, opting to spend the night at his in-laws. The following day, the heavy-duty mechanic was still waiting to get back inside.
"They can't make a mistake. They have to cover their tails and every angle possible. Am I upset about it? Sure, but I have to support them," he said. "So we'll sit back and be relocated as much as possible so they can do their job. They can eliminate that and go a different route.
"I have no hate for the police for kicking me out. It's got to be done. My whole family will co-operate with them 110% and give them more," he added.
It's occurred to him police might somehow link him to the disappearance, but White says he and and those who have surrounded him with love know the truth.
"I know my family knows," he said.
Liana, a clerk in the neo-natal intensive care unit at the Royal Alexandra Hospital, has not been heard from since Tuesday. Early that morning, her Ford Explorer was discovered parked near a sports field at 157 Avenue and 116 Street, 12 blocks from her home. White spoke of Liana as his soulmate - a woman who always puts others first.
"She'd go out of her way to help out. She was always wanting to co-ordinate parties for her friends," he said. "She'd go out shopping and there would be a treat I hadn't even asked for."
The two met at Esmeralda's Night Club in 1998, not long after she moved to the city from Kelowna and while he was still in the military. They married in 2000 and, a year later, a daughter, Ashley, was born.
White says he was thrilled to discover Liana was pregnant again, something they'd planned.
"Unbelievable. Great. I thought, perfect," he said, remembering the day not long ago he learned of the pregnancy. "If it was a boy or girl, it didn't matter to me. Two daughters, great."
The family often spoke of the trip they'd take to Disneyland, and of returning - perhaps permanently - to the tiny farming community of Mar, Ont., where he was raised.
As he waits for news, the missing woman's husband spends his days helping search fields and parks for signs of his wife.
He has organized those private searches, which are independent of the official police searches, but he says he's been overwhelmed and unsure where to go to next.
White says he forces himself to stay composed for the sake of Ashley, who is only beginning to understand something is wrong. But he fears the worst.
"My worst fear is that they took advantage of her and maybe still are," he said. "There's (only) so much a body can take and the mind as well."
"These are the nightmares I have every night - if I do sleep."
www.edmontonsun.com/News/Edmonton/2005/07/18/1136674-sun.html