MARSHALL, Mich. (WZZM) - More than four years after her disappearance, the parents of Mary Lands are so fed up with what they call a lack of progress they want the state to do something about it.
Last week, the family sent a letter to Governor Jennifer Granholm, State Senator Mark Schauer and State Representative Mike Nofs asking for their help in the search for Mary Lands.
Lands disappeared in 2004. Her boyfriend at the time, Chris Pratt, told police she walked out of their Marshall home after a fight.
Marshall Police say they have no evidence Lands is alive.
Lands' family says they're not satisfied with the department's investigation.
The family says, "We do not feel that the Marshall Police Department has the training, experience or resources to find our daughter and we are asking that they turn the complete investigation over to an agency that does. We are also asking that the Michigan Attorney General do a thorough investigation into the handling of our daughter's case."
As for Chris Pratt, he was convicted in January on domestic violence charges involving his new girlfriend Norrene Parker.
Pratt has always been a person of interest in Mary Lands' disappearance though police have never had enough evidence to charge him.
Despite that, when Pratt was convicted in January, Mary Lands' father said it was still a win for the community.
"This is a sign that a person has been doing this for years and nobody has ever done anything to him," said Clifford Marshall, Mary Land's father. "It's always been covered up, if they would have stopped this years ago, Mary wouldn't be missing and Norrene wouldn't have gotten beat up and thrown around like she did."
In the domestic violence case, Pratt and his attorney said if it weren't for the undertone of Lands' disappearance, his punishment would not have been so severe.
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