Robert and Charlene Spierer, the parents of their missing 20-year-old daughter Lauren who disappeared two years ago, are suing three former college students who were the last men known to see her alive after a night of partying in downtown Bloomington Indiana, Fox News reported.
Robert and Charlene Spierer have claimed in a civil lawsuit that their daughter's interaction with Corey Rossman, Mike Beth and Jay Rosenbaum resulted in her "disappearance, death or injury," attorney Jason Barclay said. Their negligence led to her disappearance, the complaint argued.
"Rob and Charlene Spierer authorized the filing of this lawsuit with great reluctance and only after we counseled them that they would lose certain legal rights if not exercised by the two-year anniversary of Lauren's disappearance," Barclay said in a statement. "We hope no one will misinterpret this action."
The civil lawsuit was filed in Monroe County, Indiana last month, and will seek a jury trial against the men, as well as seeking monetary damages.
The Spierers were interviewed last month, underscoring that they expressed doubts that Rossman, Beth and Rosenbaum were telling the truth about their daughter's final hours before she disappeared. Her father, Robert, is convinced Lauren had never left the men's apartment on that night. What is known is that their daughter consumed lots of alcohol, but her whereabouts remain unknown.
Spierer was an ideal target for a predator looking to abduct a woman, according to former FBI agent Mike Harkins.
"Certainly she was a very vulnerable individual," Harkins said in an interview last month. "Her petite size, her condition she was in would have made an easy target for someone looking to commit that type of a crime.
