Phoenix mother Michelle Bernstein-Schultz still missing a year later

EXTEND. MISSING IN ARIZONA TOMORROW MARKS A YEAR SINCE THE MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF A PHOENIX WOMAN LEADS HAVE BEEN SCARCE IN THE CASE OF MICHELLE BERNSTEIN SCHULTZ, BUT THE REWARD TO LOCATE HER IS NOW $10,000 AS LOVED ONES ARE STILL PLEADING FOR HELP. FOX10PHOENIX.COM. LOVED ONES CONTINUE TO SEARCH FOR A PHOENIX WOMAN WHO VANISHED WITHOUT A TRACE, LAST SEEN NEAR HER THE MOTHER AND SISTER OF MICHELLE

BERNSTEIN. SCHULTZ TIME SEEMINGLY STOOD STILL, THE CLOCK KEPT TURNING. I BELIEVE THAT IN A FEW DAYS THE NIGHTMARE WAS GOING TO BE OVER THERE WHO'S GOING TO BE AN EXPLANATION? AND AS TIME WENT BY, YOUR MIND BEGINS TO PLAY A LOT OF TRICKS ON YOU, AND WE'RE NOWHERE CLOSER TO ANSWERS. THERE'S NO INFORMATION AT ALL. NOT ONE ANYTHING. WHERE IS 37 YEAR OLD MICHELLE BERNSTEIN SHOTS?

THAT SIMPLE QUESTION HAUNTS HER MOM. PATRICIA YOUR LOAVES. I HAVE NEVER BEEN SO DEPRESSED, SO SAD. I FEEL I HAVE BEEN WEAKENED TO MY BONES. SHE'S KNOWN AS EL TO LOVED ONES IN CLOSE FRIENDS, DIVORCED TWICE A MOTHER OF TWO WITH THE SUN FROM EACH MARRIAGE IN AVID HIKER AND DOG OWNER MICHELLE LIVED WITH HER BOYFRIEND IN NORTH PHOENIX. THE TIDES AT PARADISE VALLEY NEAR 40TH

STREET IN GREENWAY ROAD. AND ON JUNE 29TH 2022. IT'S LIKE SHE JUST VANISHED. FELT LIKE MY WORLD HAS STOPPED. I FELT LIKE I TOOK A DEEP BREATH IN AND I WAS NOT ABLE TO LET IT OUT. DANIELA SMITH SAYS HER SISTER WAS TEXTING BACK AND FORTH WITH A FRIEND THAT JUNE AFTERNOON UP UNTIL 403. THEN MICHELLE LEFT HER APARTMENT IN HER PERSONAL BELONGINGS. I DON'T KNOW

IF SHE LEFT BEHIND, BUT IN HER APARTMENT AS FAR AS WE KNOW. WERE HER IDENTIFICATION, HER PASSPORT, HER KEYS, HER EVERYTHING. HER PHONE. I I'VE NEVER SEEN MICHELLE LEAVE THE HOUSE WITHOUT HER PHONE AND WITHOUT HER IDENTIFICATION INTO THE TRIPLE DIGITS, SUMMER HEAT OF ARIZONA, ANY INDICATION THAT SHE JUST WANTED TO LEAVE? NO THERE WAS NO INDICATION THAT SHE WANTED TO LEAVE. SHE'S NEVER DONE THIS

BEFORE. SHE KNEW THAT SHE WAS GOING TO BE GETTING A SETTLEMENT FROM A CAR ACCIDENT THE VERY NEXT DAY. MICHELLE CLEARLY NEVER PICKED UP THAT $2500 CHECK HER BOYFRIEND REPORTED HER MISSING. PATRICIA FOUND OUT THROUGH A TEXT FROM HIM THE NEXT DAY, PATRICIA SAYS WHEN SHE SPOKE TO THE BOYFRIEND . LATER HE TOLD HER MICHELLE HAD NOT BEEN FEELING GOOD AND DIDN'T WANT TO BE BOTHERED

THE DAY PRIOR, SO HE SLEPT ON THE COUCH WHEN HE CAME HOME THAT NIGHT. ONLY TO FIND THE BEDROOM EMPTY FAMILY HAS NEVER SPOKEN TO THE MAN AGAIN. JUST SPOKE TO MICHELLE'S BOYFRIEND, THE LAST PERSON TO EVER SEE HER NEARLY A HIM I WAS WITH FOX 10, HE HUNG UP THE PHONE. HE DIDN'T WANT TO TALK, BUT I'M GOING TO SEND HIM A TEXT AND SEE

IF HE WANTS TO TELL HIS SIDE OF THE STORY. I TEXTED MICHELLE'S BOYFRIEND AS WELL. BUT NO RESPONSE. WHEN I ASKED PHOENIX POLICE IF THERE IS A SUSPECT OR A PERSON OF INTEREST IN THE CASE, SPOKESPERSON SAID, THERE IS NOT BELIEVED TO BE A THREAT TO THE COMMUNITY AND THAT EVERYONE INVOLVED HAS BEEN COOPERATIVE IN THE INVESTIGATION. I. MY NAME IS JUSTIN LAWMAN WITH FOX 10

NEWS REPORTER. DO YOU GUYS RECOGNIZE THIS WOMAN? WE'RE LOOKING FOR ANY SIGN OF THIS WOMAN STILL LOOKING FOR HER PICTURE. SINCE IT'S A BUSY AREA. WE'RE JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF SOMEBODY HAD SEEN ANY SIGHTING OF HER. YOU KNOW, WITHIN THE FRONT WINDOW IF YOU WANT, OKAY, THOSE . AS TIME FEELS LIKE IT'S AT A STANDSTILL. LIFE IS MOVING QUICKLY AS MICHELLE'S TWO BOYS GROW

UP MISSING THEIR MOM. IT'S NOT LIKE SHE'S ON A VACATION SOMEWHERE, AND WE CAN CALL HER AND TELL HER AND SEND HER PICTURES. THERE HAVE BEEN MILESTONES OVER THE LAST YEAR THAT SHE HAS MISSED THAT. AND WE DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW MANY MORE SHE WILL MISS. PATRICIA HOW HARD IS IT TO KEEP THAT HOPE ALIVE? AS A MOTHER. I HAVE TO HOPE THAT I WOULD SEE

THE FAMILY IS OFFERING A $10,000 REWARD FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO MICHELLE'S LOCATION OR RESULTING IN AN ARREST AND CONVICTION OF WHO COULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR HER DISAPPEARANCE. NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE REPUBLICAN LED HOUSE