The family of Julie Michelle Bullard would like to hank everyone for their support over the last 9 and a half months, and I will get to that, but first I have some things that I feel are important to share regarding the case of Julie Michelle Bullard’s abduction.

One Saturday, OCT 21st, as I stood in a parking lot with Julie Michelle Bullard’s immediate family during lunch time I received a phone call from the Lee County Sheriff’s Office informing us that our daughter was dead and it had in fact been her remains that were found earlier that week by a hunter in the Cedar Creek area of Cumberland County. Even after her death - THERE WAS STILL NO DIGNITY.

On the morning of January 2nd, in my opinion, my daughter’s abduction during a home invasion were not being taken seriously. There were no Alerts, no Road Blocks, no Crime Scene Tape and no sense of urgency. Michelle was not only a victim of her abductor but a victim of vicious rumors, innuendos and misguided information that took hold of the public and the investigation by law enforcement.

There were 3 other victims who were left behind were interrogated for hours and their pleas of "Aren’t you going to look for Michelle" were not heard or appeared to be ignored.

Over the last few months the more persistent we became in searching for the truth, the resistence we felt became even stronger by those employed to find our daughter. We felt continually blocked from the investigation. There seemed to be no open communication between us and the many agencies involved. We had to show up on our own accord and make phone calls to plea for information that would lead us to our daughter.

In fact, Dr. Maurice Godwin, a Natational Forensic Profiler, provided out of his own goodness a grid that proved to be 100% accurate as to my daughter’s whereabouts, but apparently was ignored by investigators.
Even though my life has been changed forever by the unneccasary loss of a child, I’ll never stop fighting for those many other families who have a loved one missing.

I do not ever want another family to go through the nightmare that we have been living. I hope that in some way Julie Michelle’s story will help save the next family the frustration we have felt, I believe so unnecessarily.
We hope that we can create a fund or foundation in our daughter’s name so that Julie Michelle’s memory will live on forever.