Father Who Vanished Without A Clue
Two years ago Nicholas Francisco mysteriously vanished, leaving behind two children and a pregnant wife.
He called his daughter Zea, promising he was coming to their SeaTac home to make Valentine’s Day cookies, then left his job on lower Queen Anne.
His disappearance triggered a frantic missing person search, including search parties, and his wife making televised appeals for information as to his whereabouts. Friends and family setup a website to help find him: www.findnicholasfrancisco.com
Now, that website is both eerie and pathetic, given that on Nov. 9, 2009, the King County Sheriff announced that Nicholas Francisco was safe-and-sound and living in another state.
The Sheriff closed the case. Once the man had been found safe and sound they had nothing more to do with the case. However, KIRO 7 TV has tracked him down and interviewed him. According to the story, he has changed his name and is over $16,000 behind in child support.
I guess it goes to show that you can run but you can’t hide. Though, he has managed to make things far worse and more complicated than they would have been if he had just filed for dissolution. His actions may have slowed down the DSHS and his creditors (Student loans he has hung on his ex-wife) they will catch up to him eventually.
Sometimes it can be hard to face the difficultly of a dissolution and the child custody and child support issues, but trying to disappear like this guy did is not the way to go. He has unnecessarily made things much harder for his kids and his ex-wife.
