Monday, March 17, 2008

Support & Prayers for Nicholas Francisco

Nicholas Francisco disappeared on Feb. 13 after leaving his job as an art director at Publicis West in the Queen Anne neighborhood of Seattle. A co-worker was the last to report seeing him, at about 6:10 pm that evening. According to his wife, he was headed to their family home in SeaTac, with a stop planned at the Tukwila Costco store. But Costco records show that he never used his Costco card there.

His car was found on Feb. 18, 5 days after he was last seen, in a condo parking lot in Federal Way. In the weeks following his disappearance, friends, family, and co-workers went to many neighborhoods in the greater Seattle area to search and put up posters.

According to the King County Police Department, there is still no evidence that he met up with foul play and there is also no evidence of where he is now.

There have been TV interviews, newspaper articles, blogs, websites, and discussion boards with information about Nicholas’s disappearance, including theories about what might have happened. People around the country have put up Nicholas’s photo and missing poster on their MySpace pages and websites.

There has been a strong wellspring of support for Nicholas’s wife Christine and their children, including financial donations and a website set up for prayers and words of support for Christine, at supportingchristine.wordpress.com

This new blog – supportingnicholas.blogspot.com – is a place where people can post their supportive words and prayers specifically for Nicholas. A place to send love and light to him, wherever he may be. We want Nicholas to know, if he reads this, that there are many people who are very concerned about him, people who miss him, people who care about him, people who are praying for him and for his well-being. Please feel free to post messages of support to his parents and sisters as well.

This isn’t a place to discuss what might have happened to Nicholas. We do encourage anyone with information to contact King County Police Department at (206) 296-3311. There is a $15,000 reward for information that leads to finding Nicholas. If you want to discuss the case, learn more about it, or contact Nicholas’s wife Christine, please use the links at the right to get that info.

Feel free to share your prayers and support in the comments section below.