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In and would be ' home when MATTHEW B. POPOSKY her truck in the drive Editor-in-Chief way. We thought she was on she wanted," Lawrence the phone, and I remember ColdonSr., father, said. A University of Missouri stepping out on the porch, The police, it turns out, - St. Louis student, Phoenix seeing her silhouette in were not helpful to the Coldon, junior, undeclared, the truck. You can see past Coldons. The officer taking disappeared from her home the front 'windows to the the report offered to run the on Sunday, December 18, end of the truck from our plates of Phoenix's truck, 2011. Since then, searches house. 1 remember peep but reported turning up no have occurred, flyers have ing off the porch and seeing responses. He also did not been posted and lines have her. I came back inside, and file a missing person's re been tied up with inquiries Lawrence saw her leave." port, citing his earlier men regarding the young stu Lawrence contin- tion of Phoenix's age. The dent's condition, whether ued the day's tran next day, another officer did she has been heard from scription at this point. come out :lnd say she would or seen, etc. What follo'ws "I saw Phoenix back file a report, although her is the account of Phoenix's out of the driveway and check of the truck's tags also disappearance and the pro pull off. That was the last came up empty. According cess followed since that time we saw her, at about to Lawrence, it was later day by her parents, Goldia 3 p.m. that Sunday. She discovered that the police in and Lawrence Coldon. didn't come back home. We East Sr. Louis received a 911 '(Sunday, December thought she had gone to the call about the abandoned 18, 2011 was a beauti store or a friend's house, truck in the previously stat ful day." Goldia Coldon, something like that. \XThen ed condition, but did not mother, said. It was sun she didn't come back home file a toW sheet report on it. shiny and warm. Phoenix that night, my wife was "It took two weeks for and I attended worship worried, sayill"g something us to find her truck in East together at our church, was wrong, since Phoenix St. Louis because the people Westminster Presbiterian was not home. Phoenix over there did not do their Church. She played in the isn't the type to stay out all jobs. We did not find that Hand Bell Choir that day" night and not inform us." truck until January 1, t\vo "We stopped at Aldi's "We later found out that weeks after she wen t miss between Belfon tane and the same day, at 6:23 p.m., ing. We had made flyer"s, 270 on the way home. her truck was towed from a called people all around the She went in her room to location in East St. Louis at country-we found the truck change and went down 9th Street and St. Claire Av through a family friend, to" the garage to get a bas enue. It was found with the who had his friend run the ketball and shoot hoops." key still in the ignition and tags. It took them 15 min "I was in my room and the door open. We didn't utes to find the truck. There watched her play for awhile, know the truck had been was a two-week lag in which beqluse I heard the ball hit towed at that time, though." we" could not search for our ting the side of the house. I "The next day we called daughter because we did always pray she doesn't break friends and hospitals, and not know where her truck the bedroom window when that night we called the St. had gone missing, or that she does that - she shoots it Louis County Police De it. had been found the very so hard. She's just like a lit partment. The officer came same day," Lawrence said. tle girl with the basketball." to take a report and basi "1 didn't see her come in cally lectured us on how, side, but Lawrence said she given Phoenix's age, she Continued on page 13. pu t the basketball back in didn't have to tell us where the garage and went to si t she was, etc. She was grown 2 \ 't:ht [orrrnt \ MARCH 5, 2012 I WWW.THECURRENT-ONLlNE.COM I I WHAT'S CURRENT 1Ch£(iuITrnt VOL. 45, ISSUE 1371. Your weekly calendar of campus events. "Whafs Current" is a free service for student organizations. Sub WWW.THECURRENT-ONLINE.COM missions must be turned in by 5 p.m. the Thursday before publication; first-come, first-served. Listings may be EDITORIAL edited for length and style. E-mail event listings to [email protected], with the subject "What's ,Current." Editor-in-Chief ... .. ..... ... .... .... ... ... .. ............. .... .... ..Matthew B. Poposky No phone or written submissions. 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