Where is Lashun Massey? Search on for missing Texas beauty queen mom as neighbors 'fear the worst'
IRVING, TEXAS: A Texas beauty queen was reported missing on Tuesday, April 27, after she didn't return home from her morning walk. Lashun Massey, 38, went out for a morning walk near Lake Lago de Claire in Irving, Texas, between 5.30 am and 7 am on April 27, according to the Irving Police Department.
She was wearing a black hoodie and checkered pajama pants. Her husband, Jeff Massey, reported her missing on the same day at 7.40 am. One of the witnesses stated that they saw Lashun, who is a mother of two, walking by the lake around 5.30 am. Police searched the small lake. Lashun, who is the reigning Mrs Dallas, was expected to compete in the Mrs Texas America competition on Thursday, April 29.
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Besides her successful glamourous career, the mother of two holds a PhD in civil engineering and is a program manager for research at University of Texas at Dallas' school of engineering, according to her website. Her morning walk was a part of Lashun's routine as she was preparing to compete in the pageant, her husband Jeff told CBS 11. He said she knew the area well.
“So at about 7.15, I got a little nervous and I texted her. I gave her a call and she didn’t answer so at the time I found our security guard down here and said that they had seen her or somebody over in the canal,” Massey said. When they went to check out the area, no one was there.
“I mean, my fear is that something bad happened to her. I don’t think there was just some sort of accident that happened,” Leshun’s neighbor Elizabeth Rychlinski shared. “It’s scary and there’s been talk about something happening may be in the water and we all walk around this often.”
Massey’s family arrived from Arkansas to join in the search. “I don’t believe she’s in the water,” her father Frank King said. “I just don’t believe it.” They said she has too much going for her to ever walk away and not come back. “Lashun was always the one who stood out and the smartest,” her brother Frank King Jr said.
“We’re all concerned,” another neighbor who did not give their name said. “We all want to help.” Massey’s neighbors are checking their surveillance video and in the days to come will be posting signs with her picture on trees near the lake. “We ask and command that she be returned whole, healthy,” another neighbor said. On Wednesday night, April 28, they shared a prayer with Massey’s family. Massey said he doesn’t believe his wife is in the lake, rather someone could have done her harm instead.
Irving Police are asking anyone who may have seen her call their non-emergency number: (972) 273-1010.