Missing man who skipped on family found alive and well
Posted By Mike Archbold on November 9, 2009 at 2:46 pm
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Up until a week ago, the mystery of what happened to Nicholas Francisco of Sea-Tac was still an open case.
King County Sheriff detectives have finally closed it, 22 months after he disappeared.
Last week, detectives found him alive and well and living in another state.
Francisco, now 39, was last seen leaving work on Feb. 13, 2008. He was supposedly heading home to bake cookies with his children, according to Sheriff’s spokesman Sgt. John Urquhart.
Francisco never showed up and his car was found few days later abandoned in Federal Way.
Urquhart said Monday that the disappearance led to an extensive investigation to find out if Francisco was a victim of foul play. Nothing turned up, he said.
Then last week, detectives developed information that led them to Francisco who had since changed his name. They verified who he was and closed the case.
No arrest?
“Running away isn’t illegal,” Urquhart explained but added that people don’t typically do that especially with a wife and kids involved.
Francisco's wife told KIRO TV in a February 2009 interview that she discovered her husband led a secret life.
Urquhart declined to say how they found Francisco or where he is living now and under what name.
“We verified that’s who he was,” he said. “A man has a right to privacy.”
Francisco's wife divorced him in May of this year. When he disappeared she was pregnant with their third child.
Urquhart said he didn’t know if the state Child Support Enforcement agency was now looking for Francisco.
But he admitted: “Child support enforcement talked to us.”
Running away and having the taxpayers fund a manhunt for the person ought to be illegal, or at least require restitution.
Running away isn't illegal. But purposeful abandonment of one's dependents OUGHT to be illegal.
I also agree with your remark Sharon.
Abandoning your children ought to be illegal. If he put the mother in a position to be on public assistance, he ought to have to pay that back. What a JERK.
What a loser. So much for the sanctity of traditional marriage.
Maybe he told her he didn't want another kid and she didnt' listen. Maybe he said if you get pregnant again I'm outta here. At least we didnt' read about another murder/suicide.
This poor excuse for a father hopefully has to work three jobs in order to pay back the cost of hunting him down and child support. What went on between the two adults is beside the fact....Restitution for his children is the least he owes them.
I've read the related links. What a despicable creep.
Witchiwoman...with all due respect, if he didn't want another child he should have manned up, taken personal responsibility, and had a vasectomy before impregnating his wife again.
If he wanted out of his marriage, he should have been honest about it, and filed for a divorce.
According to related articles, evidence was discovered that he was 'leading a double life', including secret bank accounts.
This moron had promised his little 4 year old daughter he was coming home to bake Valentine cookies with her. He deeply hurt his wife, his children, his mother, his friends, colleagues, and members of his Church...all of whom had participated in searching for him after his car was discovered abandoned.
His mother even came to the scene where his car was found, and during an emotional interview, stated that she knew that her son wouldn't just up and leave, and that something must have happened to him. She begged the one(s) who had him to let him come home to his loved ones.
I have absolutely no sympathy for this man, or any other man who violates the trust, and disregards the love and support he has received from his wife, his little children, his mother, his friends, his colleagues, and the members of his Church.
IMPO...at the very least he ought to be held responsible for paying the costs of the extensive efforts of Law Enforcement agencies who were searching for him.
According to updates, this man was involved in internet chat rooms and used the moniker of 'GoodtimesSteve'. Apparently he spent a good deal of times on these chat rooms cruising for both women, and men. And apparently he decided to become GoodtimesSteve on a permanent basis.
He has assumed another name, and this new identity will not be disclosed.
Pity for anyone who enters his life.
She sure did re-bound quick and for such a....... concerned loving wife. She knew about this the whole time but she played the Victim, She filed papers with King County saying he was abusive and not a good father last year. meanwhile she was dating someone else right after and now she has remarried. They are both loser's. He for leaving his kids, she for playing the media.
The State of Washington Public Assistance has the power to seek restitution for all the money they gave his wife and children for support and they will attach a lien to his estate and go after him. Support Enforcement will also be seeking him, thats a felony. Also all his federal income tax refunds will go to public assistance until that debt is satisfied.
now I stay in touch!